| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| emote |
to express or simulate feelings, especially in an exaggerated or theatrical manner. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |