| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| augury |
the art or practice or an instance of predicting the future or obtaining hidden knowledge by interpreting omens. |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |