| cachet |
prestige. |
| condign |
well-deserved or fitting, especially of punishment or reprimand. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |