| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| augury |
the art or practice or an instance of predicting the future or obtaining hidden knowledge by interpreting omens. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| disaffection |
an absence or loss of good will, faith, or loyalty, especially toward a government, principle, or the like. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| extempore |
without plan or preparation; impromptu or improvised. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |