| argot |
the vocabulary or jargon characteristic of a specific group or class, especially of criminals. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| redoubtable |
inspiring fear; formidable. |