| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| disencumber |
to remove burdens or hindrances from. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| halcyon |
tranquil; peaceful; calm. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |