| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| austere |
having only what is needed; very simple or plain. |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| lattice |
a flat framework made with strips of wood or other material. The strips cross each other and have open spaces in between. A lattice is often used as a screen on a porch or in a garden. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| pelf |
money or wealth, usually regarded with disapproval or contempt. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |