| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| cravat |
a scarf or band of cloth tied loosely about the neck. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| expostulate |
to argue earnestly with someone, usually against an intended action; remonstrate. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |