| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| antebellum |
in or of the period prior to a war, especially the American Civil War. |
| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |