| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| plaudit |
(often plural) an enthusiastic show of approval, such as a round of applause or a very favorable review. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |