| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| granulate |
to make into small particles or grains. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| inveigle |
to entice or ensnare by clever talk or flattery. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| pathos |
a quality in life or art that evokes pity, sadness, or compassion. |
| perilous |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |