| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| germane |
having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. |
| 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. |
| insouciant |
having no cares or anxieties; light-hearted; carefree. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| pelf |
money or wealth, usually regarded with disapproval or contempt. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |