| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| derelict |
failing to fulfill one's responsibilities or obligations; remiss. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| lacuna |
a gap or omitted part. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| luminary |
a famous, important, or inspirational person. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |