| accolade |
an expression or mark of approval; honor; award. |
| autocracy |
rule by one person with absolute power; despotism. |
| colloquial |
characteristic of or suited to informal or familiar conversation or to writing that is imitative of conversational tone. |
| defunct |
no longer in existence or use; dead; extinct. |
| feign |
to pretend or fake; put on a false show of. |
| interject |
to insert (a remark or comment) between words or remarks or in the middle of a conversation or discussion. |
| malign |
to speak badly of or tell harmful lies about. |
| manacle |
a metal fetter like a bracelet, usually one of a pair linked by a chain, used to shackle the wrists; handcuff. |
| monologue |
a long speech or reading given by a single speaker. |
| penitent |
feeling or showing sorrow or regret for having done wrong. |
| proscribe |
to make illegal or prohibit. |
| rivulet |
a tiny stream or brook; trickle. |
| simile |
a figure of speech in which two different things are compared by using the words "like" or "as." "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb" is an example of a simile. |
| synoptic |
forming a summary or overview. |
| uncritical |
not making critical judgments or discriminations, especially those based on standards. |