| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |