| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| 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. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| lattice |
a flat framework made with strips of wood or other material. The strips cross each other and have open spaces in between. A lattice is often used as a screen on a porch or in a garden. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |