| alacrity |
willing promptness. |
| bombast |
boastful, pompous, or otherwise overblown utterances. |
| diligent |
trying hard and steadily to achieve a goal. |
| equestrian |
of or relating to horseback riding. |
| filch |
to steal (usually something of slight value) in a sly manner; pilfer. |
| forthcoming |
about to appear or happen. |
| fulcrum |
that which other things are contingent upon or built around; a pivotal point or agent. |
| glacial |
of, concerning, coming from, or marked by the presence of glaciers or other large ice masses. |
| irony |
a manner of using language so that it conveys a different or opposite meaning to that which is literally expressed in the words themselves. Irony is used in ordinary conversation and also as a literary technique, especially to express criticism or to produce humor or pathos. |
| morbid |
in an unhealthy, gloomy mental state; preoccupied with sickness, abnormality, or death. |
| mote |
a fine particle of dust; speck. |
| oscillate |
to swing steadily and repeatedly back and forth. |
| remunerative |
providing or likely to provide payment or reward; profitable. |
| stratum |
a level in a social hierarchy. |
| verity |
the quality or condition of being true or real. |