| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| blithe |
indifferent or casual; unconcerned. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| phlegmatic |
not given to shows of emotion or interest; slow to excite. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| stately |
dignified. |