| apotheosis |
a perfect or ideal example; epitome. |
| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| contretemps |
an embarrassing or unfortunate happening; mishap; mischance. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| effluvium |
an outflow of usually invisible, foul-smelling vapor or gas. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |