| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| pathos |
a quality in life or art that evokes pity, sadness, or compassion. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |