| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| lorgnette |
eyeglasses, such as opera glasses, that have a short handle by which one holds them in position. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |