| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| 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. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |