| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| determinism |
the belief or teaching that every effect, including human thoughts and actions, is completely and predictably brought about by preceding causes and that, therefore, free will does not exist. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| expostulate |
to argue earnestly with someone, usually against an intended action; remonstrate. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |