| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| contretemps |
an embarrassing or unfortunate happening; mishap; mischance. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| extort |
to extract or obtain (money or the like) by force, threats, or abuse of authority. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| ostentation |
a showy display to impress others. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |