crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
limn |
to paint or draw. |
obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |
tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |
welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |