| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| condign |
well-deserved or fitting, especially of punishment or reprimand. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |