| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| extort |
to extract or obtain (money or the like) by force, threats, or abuse of authority. |
| flout |
to show scorn or contempt for, especially by openly or deliberately disobeying. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| granulate |
to make into small particles or grains. |
| 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. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |