| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| granulate |
to make into small particles or grains. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |