| abut |
to adjoin or press against; be next to; border on. |
| 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. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |