| aplomb |
great self-confidence, composure, or poise. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| purvey |
to supply or provide (especially food, drink, or other provisions). |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |