| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| argot |
the vocabulary or jargon characteristic of a specific group or class, especially of criminals. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| obviate |
to prevent or eliminate in advance; render unnecessary or irrelevant. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |