| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| emote |
to express or simulate feelings, especially in an exaggerated or theatrical manner. |
| ersatz |
serving as a substitute, especially when of inferior quality. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| refulgent |
shining brilliantly; radiant. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |