| audacity |
courage or boldness often combined with daring or recklessness. |
| aural2 |
of or relating to the ear or hearing. |
| curtail |
to make shorter; cut off part of. |
| denote |
to be a mark or sign of. |
| dowdy1 |
not at all stylish; shabby or dull. |
| epoch |
an important period in human history. |
| fiasco |
an utter and shameful failure. |
| inducement |
something used to persuade someone to a course of action; incentive. |
| literal |
in accordance with the ordinary, exact, or primary meaning of a word or words; not figurative or metaphorical. |
| medley |
a musical piece that uses the melodies from several different pieces of music. |
| perspicacity |
keenness of mental perception or grasp; astuteness. |
| perverse |
stubbornly opposed to what is expected or requested of one, or marked by or inclined toward such an attitude. |
| podium |
a raised platform, as for a speaker or orchestra conductor; dais. |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| regress |
to go back or backwards, as in reverting to an earlier form or stage of development. |