| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| deterge |
to cleanse, wash, or wipe off. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| expound |
to discuss or explain in detail (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| extenuate |
to reduce the magnitude or seriousness of (a fault or offense) by offering partial excuses. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |