| abut |
to adjoin or press against; be next to; border on. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| facsimile |
an exact copy or duplicate of something printed or of a picture. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| paroxysm |
a sudden strong outburst of feelings or actions. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |