| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| germane |
having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| 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. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| luminary |
a famous, important, or inspirational person. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |