| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| asterisk |
a sign (*). It is used to show that there is other information on the page that explains the information where the sign is placed. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| condign |
well-deserved or fitting, especially of punishment or reprimand. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| 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. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |