| burlesque |
a book, play, skit, or the like that mocks something by comically treating it with inappropriate seriousness or levity. |
| crossfire |
a volley of projectiles, especially gunfire, directed at some central point from two separated positions. |
| dishevel |
to make (hair or clothing) untidy. |
| dissonant |
not in harmony or agreement; discordant. |
| folio |
a large sheet of paper that has been folded once to form two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript. |
| hermetic |
preventing or sealed to prevent the influx or escape of air; airtight. |
| interim |
the interval of time between two events. |
| lamentable |
deserving to be mourned or regretted; deplorable; unfortunate; disappointing. |
| laxity |
the state or quality of being careless or slack; looseness. |
| lineage1 |
descent from or the descendants of a common or particular ancestor or ancestry. |
| maturation |
the act or process of becoming fully grown or developed, in structure, behavior, or the like. |
| perjury |
the crime of telling a lie in a court after promising under oath to tell the truth. |
| reprove |
to criticize, usually mildly, for wrongdoing. |
| sully |
to make dirty or tarnished. |
| unintelligible |
not able to be understood, as spoken or written language. |