| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| aplomb |
great self-confidence, composure, or poise. |
| atavism |
the recurrence or reappearance of a particular trait, style, attitude, or behavior that seemed to have disappeared, or that which has recurred or reappeared after such an absence. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| pelf |
money or wealth, usually regarded with disapproval or contempt. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |