| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| flange |
a collar or rim that projects from a pipe, housing, or the like to provide strength, stability, or a place for attaching other parts. |
| indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| obtrude |
to thrust or force (oneself, one's concerns, or one's opinions) on another or others without being asked. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |