| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| austere |
having only what is needed; very simple or plain. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| plaudit |
(often plural) an enthusiastic show of approval, such as a round of applause or a very favorable review. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |