| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| facsimile |
an exact copy or duplicate of something printed or of a picture. |
| flak |
(informal) irritating opposition, criticism, or dissent. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| refulgent |
shining brilliantly; radiant. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |