abeyance (en)

(noun) a lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom a title is vested / (noun) temporary inactivity; suspension

chary (en)

(adjective) dear treasured / (adjective) ; discreetly cautious; as / (adjective) hesitant and vigilant about dangers and risks / (adjective) slow to grant, accept, or expend

chiliastic (en)

(adj) another term for millenarian (the religious doctrine of a thousand-year period of peace and prosperity)

homily (en)

(noun) a usually short sermon / (noun) a lecture or discourse on or of a moral theme / (noun) an inspirational catchphrase or platitude. homiletic: the art of preaching or writing sermons

trammeled (en)

(verb) to catch or hold in or as if in a net; enmesh / (verb) to prevent or impede the free play of; confine

truculent (en)

eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant

vitiate (en)

(verb) to make faulty or defective; impair / (verb) to debase in moral or aesthetic status / (verb) to make ineffective