| abut |
to adjoin or press against; be next to; border on. |
| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| malfeasance |
an illegal act or wrongdoing, especially by a public official. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |