| aplomb |
great self-confidence, composure, or poise. |
| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| 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. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| perilous |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |