| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| augury |
the art or practice or an instance of predicting the future or obtaining hidden knowledge by interpreting omens. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| inveigle |
to entice or ensnare by clever talk or flattery. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| lorgnette |
eyeglasses, such as opera glasses, that have a short handle by which one holds them in position. |
| 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. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |