| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| coir |
the fiber made from coconut husks, used for matting, rope, or the like. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |