| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| contretemps |
an embarrassing or unfortunate happening; mishap; mischance. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| veneration |
a feeling of great respect; awe; reverence. |