| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| condign |
well-deserved or fitting, especially of punishment or reprimand. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |