| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
| foible |
a minor flaw or weakness in personality, character, or behavior. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| omnibus |
concerning or including a large collection of things. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |