| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| amortize |
to deduct (expenditures) by fixed amounts over a period of time. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |