| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |