| abut |
to adjoin or press against; be next to; border on. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| condign |
well-deserved or fitting, especially of punishment or reprimand. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| foible |
a minor flaw or weakness in personality, character, or behavior. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| pathos |
a quality in life or art that evokes pity, sadness, or compassion. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |