| atavism |
the recurrence or reappearance of a particular trait, style, attitude, or behavior that seemed to have disappeared, or that which has recurred or reappeared after such an absence. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| flak |
(informal) irritating opposition, criticism, or dissent. |
| germane |
having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |