| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| austere |
having only what is needed; very simple or plain. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |