| 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. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| veneration |
a feeling of great respect; awe; reverence. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |