| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| malfeasance |
an illegal act or wrongdoing, especially by a public official. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| 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. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |