| brevity |
shortness of duration. |
| corpulent |
fat; portly; obese. |
| innumerable |
very many. |
| malediction |
the expression of a wish that evil or harm come to someone; curse. |
| militant |
aggressive or combative in attitude or actions, especially in defense of a cause. |
| modulate |
to vary the loudness, pitch, intensity, or tone of; especially soften or tone down. |
| posterity |
all generations to come. |
| prospectus |
a written description or summary of a proposed project. |
| provincial |
limited in outlook; narrow-minded. |
| prowess |
great skill or talent; superior ability. |
| pseudonym |
a false name adopted by someone, especially an author, to conceal his or her identity; pen name. |
| recession1 |
a period of reduced or declining economic activity. |
| scruple |
a belief about right and wrong that keeps a person from doing something that may be bad. |
| soliloquy |
an act of talking or a speech by one who is, or is considered to be, alone. |
| tome |
a large thick book, often one of a multivolume scholarly work. |