| argot |
the vocabulary or jargon characteristic of a specific group or class, especially of criminals. |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |