| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| cavalier |
carefree and offhand; nonchalant. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |