| aggregate |
a sum, combination, or composite of separable elements. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| ensconce |
to position (oneself) firmly or comfortably. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |