| aggregate |
a sum, combination, or composite of separable elements. |
| colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| 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. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |