| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |