| bourgeois |
of, related to, or characteristic of the middle class. |
| climatic |
of or pertaining to the weather conditions most prevailing in a place. |
| contagion |
the spreading of a disease by contact or close association. |
| discursive |
ranging over numerous topics, especially in an orderly or coherent way. |
| disparity |
the condition or an instance of being unlike, unequal, or of different kinds; difference. |
| elegy |
a sorrowful or mournful poem or musical composition, especially a lament for the dead. |
| elongate |
to make longer; lengthen. |
| melodrama |
behavior or events, in reality or fiction, with similarly exaggerated features or effects. |
| nub |
the main point, gist, or essence of something. |
| prescience |
knowledge of future occurrences; foreknowledge. |
| prevalent |
generally accepted; pervasive; widespread. |
| raze |
to knock down or tear down (a structure); level. |
| remiss |
careless or negligent, especially in the performance of one's duty. |
| unexceptionable |
without flaw or fault; beyond objection or criticism. |
| unworldly |
lacking sophistication; naive; provincial. |