| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| contretemps |
an embarrassing or unfortunate happening; mishap; mischance. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| interdict |
to deter or impede by the steady use of firepower. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |