| apathy |
lack of interest or feeling. |
| capitulate |
to surrender or acquiesce. |
| condescension |
patronizing, arrogant behavior or attitude. |
| elaboration |
the act or an instance of adding explanatory material or detail, or the material or detail so added. |
| euphony |
a pleasing, harmonious quality of sounds, especially words. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| indictment |
the act of being formally accused of a crime by a grand jury, or the condition of being formally accused of a crime by a grand jury. |
| irreparable |
impossible to repair, restore, or rectify. |
| lechery |
excessive or vulgar interest in sex; prurience. |
| perfunctory |
done quickly and as a matter of routine; performed without care. |
| squabble |
to quarrel over trivial matters; bicker. |
| stanza |
a group of related lines in a poem that make up one section within the poem. Stanzas often have a regular meter and rhyme pattern. |
| subsume |
to classify, consider, or include (an idea, proposition, or the like) in a more comprehensive or general category or principle. |
| uncritical |
not making critical judgments or discriminations, especially those based on standards. |
| whimsy |
an odd, fanciful, or capricious notion, or such notions collectively. |