| dictum |
a formal or official pronouncement or declaration. |
| dormer |
a window set vertically into a projecting structure on a sloping roof. |
| encumber |
to hinder the normal progress, performance, or use of. |
| epigram |
a short, pithy, often paradoxical sentence. |
| fallacy |
a false or misleading idea or notion, especially one that is commonly held. |
| ferment |
a state of upset or fast change. |
| flippant |
disrespectful or indifferent to someone or something worthy of respect; shallowly humorous. |
| fulcrum |
that which other things are contingent upon or built around; a pivotal point or agent. |
| inconsequential |
having no significant effect or result; not important. |
| liquidate |
to pay off or settle (a debt or the like). |
| marginal |
barely above a minimum standard of quality. |
| mercurial |
volatile in temper; changeable; fickle. |
| pliable |
easily bent; flexible; malleable. |
| sophistry |
a subtle, deceptive method of reasoning or arguing, involving statements that sound plausible but are actually false or fallacious. |