| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| expatiate |
to discuss something at great length; describe in great detail. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |