| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |