elegiac
adj. having a mournful quality
fecund
adj. cpaable of producing an abundance of new growth or offspring
legerdemain
n. skillful use of one's hands when preforming conjuring tricks; trickery
limpid
adj. clear unclouded
malady
n. a disease or ailment
profligate
adj. recklessly extravagant or wasteful use of resources
n. a licentious, dissolute person
remonstrance
n. a forcefully reproachful protest
scintillate
v. to emit flashes of light or sparkle
terse
adj. sparing in the use of words; abrupt
vitiate
v. to spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of something
anthimeria
substitution of one part of speech for another
synaesthesi
the production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense or part of the body
aporia
deliberating with oneself as the though in doubt over some matter; asking oneself
metaplasmus
changes to spellings of words(additions, omissions, inversions, or substitutions