| colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |