| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |