| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| 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. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |