| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| pelf |
money or wealth, usually regarded with disapproval or contempt. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |