| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| obtrude |
to thrust or force (oneself, one's concerns, or one's opinions) on another or others without being asked. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |