blithe |
indifferent or casual; unconcerned. |
diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
ligature |
a band or tie. |
pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
purvey |
to supply or provide (especially food, drink, or other provisions). |
solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |
tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |
welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |