| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| asterisk |
a sign (*). It is used to show that there is other information on the page that explains the information where the sign is placed. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| duress |
intimidation or coercion. |
| expostulate |
to argue earnestly with someone, usually against an intended action; remonstrate. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |
| 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. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |