| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| gadfly |
a persistent critic, especially of established institutions and policies. |
| impediment |
an obstacle or hindrance. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| lacuna |
a gap or omitted part. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |