| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |