| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| expatiate |
to discuss something at great length; describe in great detail. |
| expostulate |
to argue earnestly with someone, usually against an intended action; remonstrate. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| 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. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| luminary |
a famous, important, or inspirational person. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |