| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |