| cachet |
prestige. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| deterge |
to cleanse, wash, or wipe off. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| mahatma |
(sometimes capitalized) in Buddhism and theosophy, any of a class of persons revered for their wisdom and love of humanity. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |