| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| asceticism |
self-discipline and self-denial as a means of spiritual improvement. |
| augury |
the art or practice or an instance of predicting the future or obtaining hidden knowledge by interpreting omens. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| extort |
to extract or obtain (money or the like) by force, threats, or abuse of authority. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| incumbent |
currently holding an office or position. |
| inveigle |
to entice or ensnare by clever talk or flattery. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| parlous |
full of dangers or risks; perilous. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |