| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| condign |
well-deserved or fitting, especially of punishment or reprimand. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| lacuna |
a gap or omitted part. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| lorgnette |
eyeglasses, such as opera glasses, that have a short handle by which one holds them in position. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |