aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
eruct |
to belch forth. |
garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
impinge |
to encroach. |
intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |
unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |