| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |