| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| opiate |
something that induces relaxation, calm, or stupor. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |