| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| amortize |
to deduct (expenditures) by fixed amounts over a period of time. |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| flak |
(informal) irritating opposition, criticism, or dissent. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |