| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| consternation |
surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| imbroglio |
a difficult, confused, or complicated situation, often involving a misunderstanding, disagreement, or quarrel. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| stipple |
a method of painting, drawing, or engraving by applying small points, dots, or dabs to a surface. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |