| augury |
the art or practice or an instance of predicting the future or obtaining hidden knowledge by interpreting omens. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |