| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| flak |
(informal) irritating opposition, criticism, or dissent. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |