| composite |
made up of several parts. |
| execrable |
of very poor quality; extremely inferior. |
| heterogeneous |
made up of parts or members that differ from each other. (Cf. homogeneous.) |
| incendiary |
causing or having the potential to cause a fire. |
| inundate |
to cover or overspread with water, especially a very large amount; flood. |
| misrepresent |
to identify or describe in a misleading way. |
| myopic |
unable to see objects clearly from a distance; nearsighted. |
| nonchalance |
cool confidence and unconcern; casual indifference. |
| profess |
to claim or state as true. |
| protagonist |
the leading character in a literary work. |
| stanza |
a group of related lines in a poem that make up one section within the poem. Stanzas often have a regular meter and rhyme pattern. |
| unfrock |
to deprive of priestly status. |
| variegate |
to make varied or give variety to, especially by making multicolored. |
| volatile |
rapidly changeable, especially tending to become violent. |
| wan |
very pale. |