| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| occlude |
to close or obstruct (a passage or opening, one's vision, or the like). |
| redoubtable |
inspiring fear; formidable. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |