| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| euphoria |
a strong feeling of well-being or elation, sometimes unrealistic or unwarranted, and able to be induced by certain drugs. |
| exceptionable |
likely to be objected to; objectionable. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |