| asterisk |
a sign (*). It is used to show that there is other information on the page that explains the information where the sign is placed. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |