| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| incumbent |
currently holding an office or position. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |