| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| cravat |
a scarf or band of cloth tied loosely about the neck. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| facsimile |
an exact copy or duplicate of something printed or of a picture. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |