| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| determinism |
the belief or teaching that every effect, including human thoughts and actions, is completely and predictably brought about by preceding causes and that, therefore, free will does not exist. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |