| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| cravat |
a scarf or band of cloth tied loosely about the neck. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| gambit |
a tactic or maneuver designed to gain an advantage, especially one that involves some sacrifice on one's part. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| 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. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| obviate |
to prevent or eliminate in advance; render unnecessary or irrelevant. |
| opiate |
something that induces relaxation, calm, or stupor. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |