| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| austere |
having only what is needed; very simple or plain. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| 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. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |