| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| deterge |
to cleanse, wash, or wipe off. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| 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. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| refulgent |
shining brilliantly; radiant. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |