| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| gadfly |
a persistent critic, especially of established institutions and policies. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |