| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| disencumber |
to remove burdens or hindrances from. |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| lacuna |
a gap or omitted part. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |