| befall |
to happen to. |
| cohere |
to lump, hold, or stick together. |
| dowdy1 |
not at all stylish; shabby or dull. |
| elegy |
a sorrowful or mournful poem or musical composition, especially a lament for the dead. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| ingrain |
to impress (habits, ideas, values, or the like) deeply and firmly in one's nature or mind. |
| lampoon |
an attack through ridicule, as in an essay, cartoon, or comedy; satire. |
| lassitude |
lack of mental or physical energy; weariness or listlessness; lethargy. |
| malady |
an illness of the body or mind. |
| nullify |
to cause to have no value or consequence. |
| pellucid |
extremely clear in meaning. |
| populous |
having a large population. |
| repress |
to restrain or prevent the expression of (feelings, utterances, or the like). |
| tertiary |
third in order, rank, importance, degree, or the like. |
| tractable |
easy to manage or guide; docile. |