| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| foment |
to encourage the development of; instigate or foster. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |