| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| flange |
a collar or rim that projects from a pipe, housing, or the like to provide strength, stability, or a place for attaching other parts. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| nonplus |
to cause (someone) to be unable to think of what to say, do, or decide; perplex; bewilder. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |