| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| ensconce |
to position (oneself) firmly or comfortably. |
| gadfly |
a persistent critic, especially of established institutions and policies. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |