| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |