| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |