| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| eidetic |
pertaining to or designating the ability to recall images in almost perfect detail. |
| flout |
to show scorn or contempt for, especially by openly or deliberately disobeying. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |