| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| germane |
having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. |
| imbroglio |
a difficult, confused, or complicated situation, often involving a misunderstanding, disagreement, or quarrel. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |