| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| consummate |
of the highest order or degree. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |