| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| savor |
to give an impression; hint (usually followed by "of"). |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |
| 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. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |