| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| incumbent |
currently holding an office or position. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |