| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| consternation |
surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. |
| consummate |
of the highest order or degree. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |