| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| duress |
intimidation or coercion. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |