| cordon |
a chain of guards or military stations forming a defense or containment line around an area. |
| culvert |
a man-made channel for drainage or the like that passes under a street or other thoroughfare. |
| dextrous |
variant of dexterous. |
| dissuade |
to urge or convince not to do something. |
| epitaph |
on a gravestone or tomb, an inscription commemorating the dead person. |
| exigent |
requiring immediate attention; urgent or critical. |
| hysteria |
in an individual or group, an uncontrollable outburst of fear or other emotions, producing fits of weeping, laughter, irrational behavior, or the like. |
| impetus |
something that urges or impels; a driving force. |
| lateral |
about, from, or toward a side or sides; sideways. |
| lustrous |
shining; glossy; bright. |
| Philistine |
(sometimes lower case) one who is ignorant of, smugly indifferent to, or hostile to aesthetic and cultural values. |
| reverberation |
the continuation of a sound after the source of the sound has been cut off. |
| subversive |
tending or intended to undermine or cause the overthrow of an established authority, especially a national government. |
| titanic |
having enormous size, strength, or power; colossal; huge. |
| vapid |
lacking spirit, life, or flavor; dull; uninteresting. |