| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| eidetic |
pertaining to or designating the ability to recall images in almost perfect detail. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| 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. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |