| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| pathos |
a quality in life or art that evokes pity, sadness, or compassion. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |