| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| 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. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |