| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |