| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |