| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| eidetic |
pertaining to or designating the ability to recall images in almost perfect detail. |
| ersatz |
serving as a substitute, especially when of inferior quality. |
| flout |
to show scorn or contempt for, especially by openly or deliberately disobeying. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| 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. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |