| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| obviate |
to prevent or eliminate in advance; render unnecessary or irrelevant. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |