| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| imbroglio |
a difficult, confused, or complicated situation, often involving a misunderstanding, disagreement, or quarrel. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |