| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| extempore |
without plan or preparation; impromptu or improvised. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| gambit |
a tactic or maneuver designed to gain an advantage, especially one that involves some sacrifice on one's part. |
| 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. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |