| affectation |
falseness or superficiality of appearance or behavior; pretense. |
| aural2 |
of or relating to the ear or hearing. |
| encumbrance |
something or someone that hinders or burdens; impediment. |
| extricate |
to free or release from difficulty, entanglement, or involvement; disengage. |
| frond |
a long leaf with many small divisions. Ferns and palm trees have fronds. |
| gainsay |
to deny or contradict. |
| inviolable |
absolutely not to be breached, dishonored or profaned. |
| malady |
an illness of the body or mind. |
| obliterate |
to erase or make unrecognizable by erasing. |
| plagiarize |
to wrongfully and deliberately claim as one's own (the ideas, words, or the like) of someone else. |
| restitution |
the payment of money in order to compensate for damage, loss, or injury. |
| retentive |
having the ability to remember. |
| secretive |
tending to secrecy. |
| tenacity |
the quality or condition of holding on strongly or persistently to something. |
| unobservable |
not able to be seen; not detectable. |