| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |