| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| extenuate |
to reduce the magnitude or seriousness of (a fault or offense) by offering partial excuses. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |