Dictionary Words

badinage: light, playful talk.

clandestine: kept or done in secret, often in order to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.

orotund: full in sound; also, bombastic.

quidnunc: a gossip; a busybody.

encomium: expression of praise.

sough: to make a soft, low sighing or rustling sound.

daedal: skillful; artistic; ingenious.