| confection |
a sweetened candy or fruit. |
| diminutive |
very small; tiny. |
| edifice |
a building, especially a large or impressive structure. |
| fetid |
having a foul odor; stinking. |
| gainsay |
to deny or contradict. |
| mellifluous |
flowing and sweet, as though with honey. |
| melodrama |
behavior or events, in reality or fiction, with similarly exaggerated features or effects. |
| patrician |
of, concerning, or belonging to an aristocratic class. |
| petulance |
the state or quality of being easily or unreasonably irritated, impatient, or ill tempered. |
| remuneration |
pay, reward, or compensation. |
| stigmatize |
to label or brand as disgraceful or shameful. |
| supplant |
to replace (someone or something) especially by dishonest or forceful means. |
| syncopate |
in music, to make (a rhythm) more complex as by accenting beats that are not normally accented or employing rests where accented beats would be expected. |
| trajectory |
the actual or expected path of a moving object, especially the curve followed by a projectile, missile, or spacecraft in flight. |
| unvaried |
marked by a lack of diversity; never changing. |