| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |