| abasement |
the act of bringing down or the state of being brought down in rank, status, or reputation. |
| discontinuance |
the act of stopping or condition of being stopped; interruption. |
| felicity |
an instance or condition of great happiness; bliss. |
| fragmentary |
consisting of fragments; incomplete or disconnected. |
| irksome |
causing annoyance; bothersome or tiresome. |
| jollity |
the state or quality of being merry; gaiety. |
| lummox |
(informal) someone who is especially clumsy, slow, and unintelligent. |
| marginal |
barely above a minimum standard of quality. |
| overbear |
to dominate or overwhelm; prevail over. |
| posterity |
all generations to come. |
| prelude |
an introductory event or act; preface; preliminary. |
| prophetic |
foretelling or revealing the future. |
| prowess |
great skill or talent; superior ability. |
| trite |
ineffective or stale because of frequent repetition; commonplace; hackneyed. |
| untainted |
not contaminated or polluted. |