| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| determinism |
the belief or teaching that every effect, including human thoughts and actions, is completely and predictably brought about by preceding causes and that, therefore, free will does not exist. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| halcyon |
tranquil; peaceful; calm. |
| 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. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |