| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |