abeyance (en)

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

abeyance (en)

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

abnegation (en)

(noun) the act of renouncing or rejecting something; self-denial

abnegation (en)

(noun) the act of renouncing or rejecting something; self-denial

adjuring (en)

(verb) to command solemnly under or as if under oath or penalty of a curse / (verb) to urge or advise earnestly

adumbrate (en)

report or represent in outline; foreshadow or symbolize

amanuensis (en)

(noun) one employed to write from dictation or to copy manuscript

antic (en)

(adjective) grotesque bizarre / characterized by clownish extravagance or absurdity / whimsically gay; frolicsome

approbatory (en)

(noun) proof / (noun) an act of approving formally or officially / (noun) commendation, praise

asperities (en)

(noun) rigor severity / (noun) roughness of surface; unevenness / (noun) a tiny projection from a surface / (noun) roughness of sound / (noun) roughness of manner or of temper; harshness

baleful (en)

(adjective) deadly or pernicious in influence / (adjective) foreboding or threatening evil

ballast (en)

(noun) material that is used to provide stability to a vehicle or structure; (verb) to steady or equip with or as if with ballast

belie (en)

(verb) to give a false impression of / (verb) to present an appearance not in agreement with / (verb) to show (something) to be false or wrong / (verb) to run counter to; contradict / (verb) disguise

bricolage (en)

(noun) construction (as of a sculpture or a structure of ideas) achieved by using whatever comes to hand / (noun) something constructed in this way

bucolic (en)

(adjective) of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen; pastoral / (adjective) relating to or typical of rural life / (adjective) idyllic

captious (en)

(adjective) marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections / (adjective) calculated to confuse, entrap, or entangle in argument

censorious (en)

(adjective) marked by or given to censure; severely critical of others

cerement (en)

(noun) a shroud for the dead / (noun) cerecloth

dappled (en)

(adjective) marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background

dappled (en)

(adjective) marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background

deracination (en)

(verb) uproot / (verb) to remove or separate from a native environment or culture / (verb) to remove the racial or ethnic characteristics or influences from

dialectic (en)

a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments

dun (en)

(adjective) marked by dullness and drabness

edifying (en)

(verb) build / (verb) establish / (verb) to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge; uplift / (verb) enlighten inform

elegiac (en)

relating to or characteristic of an elegy.