| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| flout |
to show scorn or contempt for, especially by openly or deliberately disobeying. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| 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. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |