| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| blithe |
indifferent or casual; unconcerned. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| granulate |
to make into small particles or grains. |
| interdict |
to deter or impede by the steady use of firepower. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| 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. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |