| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| gadfly |
a persistent critic, especially of established institutions and policies. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |