| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| contretemps |
an embarrassing or unfortunate happening; mishap; mischance. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| lien |
a legal claim on a piece of property when the current owner is in default on a debt or obligation. |
| nonplus |
to cause (someone) to be unable to think of what to say, do, or decide; perplex; bewilder. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| refulgent |
shining brilliantly; radiant. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |