| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| 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. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| inveigle |
to entice or ensnare by clever talk or flattery. |
| laconic |
using very few words; succinct; terse. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |