| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |