| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| cravat |
a scarf or band of cloth tied loosely about the neck. |
| gadfly |
a persistent critic, especially of established institutions and policies. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |