| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| consternation |
surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |