| abut |
to adjoin or press against; be next to; border on. |
| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |