| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| inveigle |
to entice or ensnare by clever talk or flattery. |
| lacuna |
a gap or omitted part. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| sanctimony |
a pretense of righteousness or piety; feigned devotion or holiness. |