| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| sanctimony |
a pretense of righteousness or piety; feigned devotion or holiness. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |