| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| impediment |
an obstacle or hindrance. |
| 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. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| omnibus |
concerning or including a large collection of things. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| savor |
to give an impression; hint (usually followed by "of"). |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |