Arbitrate
to hear and decide, give a decision in a dispute, adjudicate, to judge or decide
Assuage
Calm or soothe angry feelings, make less intense, to abate or subside, relieve, satisfy, mitigate, alleviate
Auspicious
With signs of success, favorable, hopeful, prosperous, fortunate, propitious, promising
Dictum
formal comment, authoritative opinion, pronouncement, adage
Diminutive
extremely small in size, tiny, narrow, contracted
Entailment
a limitation on an inheritance so it can only be left to specific heirs; predetermined order of succession
Indigenous
native, produced naturally in a country or climate, originating in the region where found, innate
Monosyllabic
having only one syllable
Nebulous
cloudy, misty, hazy, lacking form, vague, indistinct, confused, resembling a cloud
Predilection
a previous liking; preference; partiality; predisposition to favor a particular person, thing, or point of view
Scuppernong
large yellowish-green grape grown in the southern US; fox grape, muscadine; wine made from this grape
Stricture
an unavoidable criticism; critical remark; a restraint, limit, restriction, binding or tightening
Taciturn
habitually silent, not apt to speak, inclined to silence, reserved, not fond of talking
Unsullied
unsoiled, spotless, untarnished, not disgraced, free from imputation of evil, pure
Vapid
having lost its life and spirit; tasteless, flat, dull, unanimated, dead, lacking zest