| atavism |
the recurrence or reappearance of a particular trait, style, attitude, or behavior that seemed to have disappeared, or that which has recurred or reappeared after such an absence. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |