| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| expound |
to discuss or explain in detail (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| extenuate |
to reduce the magnitude or seriousness of (a fault or offense) by offering partial excuses. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| facsimile |
an exact copy or duplicate of something printed or of a picture. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |