| atavism |
the recurrence or reappearance of a particular trait, style, attitude, or behavior that seemed to have disappeared, or that which has recurred or reappeared after such an absence. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| lorgnette |
eyeglasses, such as opera glasses, that have a short handle by which one holds them in position. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |