| bombast |
boastful, pompous, or otherwise overblown utterances. |
| communicable |
capable of being spread or passed on; contagious. |
| criminality |
the condition or fact of being against the law; illegality. |
| discourse |
verbal communication; conversation. |
| discredit |
to harm the reputation of. |
| dormer |
a window set vertically into a projecting structure on a sloping roof. |
| effigy |
a likeness of a person, usually sculpted, as on a tomb. |
| fractious |
inclined to be irritable and quarrelsome; cranky. |
| impenetrable |
impossible to enter; impervious. |
| laxity |
the state or quality of being careless or slack; looseness. |
| leer |
to give a sideways or nasty look or smile suggestive of malicious or sexual thoughts. |
| nicety |
a subtle distinction; fine point. |
| rambunctious |
wildly or uncontrollably active; difficult to control; boisterous. |
| suture |
the act or process of surgically joining or sewing together the edges of a wound, incision, or the like. |
| vicissitude |
(usually plural) unexpected and unforeseeable changes or shifts, as in one's circumstances. |