| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| cavalier |
carefree and offhand; nonchalant. |
| colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| 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. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| perilous |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |