| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| argot |
the vocabulary or jargon characteristic of a specific group or class, especially of criminals. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| emote |
to express or simulate feelings, especially in an exaggerated or theatrical manner. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| germane |
having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |