| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| facsimile |
an exact copy or duplicate of something printed or of a picture. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| imbroglio |
a difficult, confused, or complicated situation, often involving a misunderstanding, disagreement, or quarrel. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| plaudit |
(often plural) an enthusiastic show of approval, such as a round of applause or a very favorable review. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |