| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |