| antebellum |
in or of the period prior to a war, especially the American Civil War. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
| exceptionable |
likely to be objected to; objectionable. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| halcyon |
tranquil; peaceful; calm. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |