| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| derelict |
failing to fulfill one's responsibilities or obligations; remiss. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |