| amortize |
to deduct (expenditures) by fixed amounts over a period of time. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| compunction |
uneasiness about the propriety or suitability of an action; qualm. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
| 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. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |