| apotheosis |
a perfect or ideal example; epitome. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| coir |
the fiber made from coconut husks, used for matting, rope, or the like. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| germane |
having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |