aggregate |
a sum, combination, or composite of separable elements. |
blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
facsimile |
an exact copy or duplicate of something printed or of a picture. |
harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
munificent |
having or showing great generosity. |
saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
unabashed |
not feeling or showing embarrassment, uneasiness, or shame. |