| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| compunction |
uneasiness about the propriety or suitability of an action; qualm. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| stately |
dignified. |