| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| compunction |
uneasiness about the propriety or suitability of an action; qualm. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |