| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| halcyon |
tranquil; peaceful; calm. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |