assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
cachet |
prestige. |
cavalier |
carefree and offhand; nonchalant. |
debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
derelict |
failing to fulfill one's responsibilities or obligations; remiss. |
effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |