| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| austere |
having only what is needed; very simple or plain. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| unabashed |
not feeling or showing embarrassment, uneasiness, or shame. |