| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| interdict |
to deter or impede by the steady use of firepower. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| redoubtable |
inspiring fear; formidable. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |