| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |
| unabashed |
not feeling or showing embarrassment, uneasiness, or shame. |