| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| facsimile |
an exact copy or duplicate of something printed or of a picture. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| luminary |
a famous, important, or inspirational person. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |