| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |