Miscellaneous words
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08 May 2015, 00:23
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jargon=======slang, cant, idiom, argot, patter, patois, vernacular; computerese, legalese, bureaucratese, journalese, psychobabble
grouse======grumble, complain, moan, groan, protest, whine, bleat, carp, cavil.
calcified======make or become inflexible and unchanging.
plenipotentiary======representative.
anchorite===a religious recluse.
wane=====disappear, decrease, diminish, dwindle.
palliate===alleviate, ease, relieve, soothe.
condign=====appropriate to the crime or wrongdoing; fitting and deserved.
sybarite======hedonist, sensualist, voluptuary, libertine, pleasure seeker, playboy, epicure, glutton, gourmand, gastronome; bon vivant, bon viveur