| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| condign |
well-deserved or fitting, especially of punishment or reprimand. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| nonplus |
to cause (someone) to be unable to think of what to say, do, or decide; perplex; bewilder. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| paroxysm |
a sudden strong outburst of feelings or actions. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |