| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| laconic |
using very few words; succinct; terse. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |