| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| duress |
intimidation or coercion. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| 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. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| perilous |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous. |
| plaudit |
(often plural) an enthusiastic show of approval, such as a round of applause or a very favorable review. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |