| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| lacuna |
a gap or omitted part. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |
| stipple |
a method of painting, drawing, or engraving by applying small points, dots, or dabs to a surface. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |