| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| expound |
to discuss or explain in detail (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| parlous |
full of dangers or risks; perilous. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |