the choice of taking what is offered or nothing at all
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based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious p...
the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"
(Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpleton
a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "t...
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irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp poi...
used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles
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overlap; "The roof ti...
use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solutio...
understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary); "sayi...
a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple
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a noisy boisterous p...
inject with libidinal energy
quiet and inactive restfulness
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a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; "the volcano erupted...
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
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showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most...
something desired as a necessity; "the desiderata for a vacation are time and money"
Hobson's choice
morton's fork
asseverate
risible
meretricious
gloaming
nebbish
contumely
Ockham's razor
vellicate
imbricate
cerebrate
meiosis
callithump
cathect
quiescence
chicanery
maffick
obdurate
desideratum