| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| ostentation |
a showy display to impress others. |
| pelf |
money or wealth, usually regarded with disapproval or contempt. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |