| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |