| abut |
to adjoin or press against; be next to; border on. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |