| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| cavalier |
carefree and offhand; nonchalant. |
| consternation |
surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |