| aggregate |
a sum, combination, or composite of separable elements. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| 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. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |