| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |
| 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. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |