1) unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness, recklessness
2) a rash or reckless act

1) nearness of blood : kinship
2) nearness in place or time : proximity

1) vocation, trade
2) an area of activity in which one excels : forte
After trying several careers, she found her true métier in computer science.

Anything/something
Are you doing owt tonight?

1) a filling thread or yarn in weaving
2) web, fabric; also : an article of woven fabric

[saɪ'dɪərɪəl]
of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral
On the domed ceiling and the encircling walls are paintings of the sidereal heavens with their endless orbs, all moving through an organized cosmos.

1) unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long
The speech was unnecessarily prolix
2) marked by or using an excess of words
a person known for habitually transforming brief anecdotes into prolix sagas that exhaust their listeners

[de-main]
1) manorial land actually possessed by the lord and not held by tenants
2) the land attached to a mansion
3) realm, domain
the vast and frozen demesne of the northern tundra

conspicuous; especially : conspicuously bad : flagrant egregious errors
an egregious example of political bias

an established preference for something
a young lad with a predilection for telling tall tales

use of the wrong word for the context
Dryden had drawn attention to Cleveland's poetic manner in Of Dramatick Poesy: An Essay (1668), creating the label 'Clevelandism' to name the poet's habit of catachresis, 'wresting and torturing a word into another meaning', and making unfavorable comparisons between Donne and Cleveland….

1) to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity
Large national banks are ousting local banks in many communities.
2) to take the place of : supplant
The rebels ousted the dictator from power.

the quality or state of being true or real
the local tourist bureau is less concerned with the verity of the legend than the fact that it attracts visitors to the area

Prevent or hinder the progress of
the changes must not be allowed to stymie new medical treatments

Hold out (something) to someone for acceptance; offer
he proffered his resignation

A sign or warning that something, esp. something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen
they believed that wild birds in the house were portents of death

Go back on a promise, undertaking, or contract
the administration had reneged on its election promises

The quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness
a man of refreshing candor

a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity; specifically : one who receives aid from funds designated for the poor

1) A change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant
her husband's sharp vicissitudes of fortune
2) Alternation between opposite or contrasting things
the vicissitude of the seasons