| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |