| argot |
the vocabulary or jargon characteristic of a specific group or class, especially of criminals. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| imbroglio |
a difficult, confused, or complicated situation, often involving a misunderstanding, disagreement, or quarrel. |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| 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. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| redoubtable |
inspiring fear; formidable. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |