| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| shibboleth |
a slogan, phrase, or belief that characterizes or is held devotedly by a group. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |