| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |