| aggregate |
a sum, combination, or composite of separable elements. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| eidetic |
pertaining to or designating the ability to recall images in almost perfect detail. |
| extempore |
without plan or preparation; impromptu or improvised. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| perilous |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |