| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |