| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| munificent |
having or showing great generosity. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |