| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| luminary |
a famous, important, or inspirational person. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |