agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
engender |
to create or give rise to. |
extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
obtrude |
to thrust or force (oneself, one's concerns, or one's opinions) on another or others without being asked. |
pelf |
money or wealth, usually regarded with disapproval or contempt. |
pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |