| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| consternation |
surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| inveigle |
to entice or ensnare by clever talk or flattery. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |