| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| condign |
well-deserved or fitting, especially of punishment or reprimand. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| euphoria |
a strong feeling of well-being or elation, sometimes unrealistic or unwarranted, and able to be induced by certain drugs. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |