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cognizance
[kog-nuh-zuhns]
awareness, realization, or knowledge; notice; perception
dissemble
[dih-sem-buhl]
to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of
antic
[an-tik]
a playful trick or prank; caper
sycophant
[sik-uh-fuhnt, sik-uh-fant]
a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite
banausic
[buh-naw-sik]
serving utilitarian purposes only; mechanical; practical
prostrate
[pros-treyt ]
to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration
eponym
[ep-uh-nim]
a person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named
clerestory
[kleer-stawr-ee]
a portion of an interior rising above adjacent rooftops and having windows admitting daylight to the interior
sashay
[sa-shey]
to glide, move, or proceed easily or nonchalantly
portend
[pawr-tend]
to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does
troglodyte
[trog-luh-dayt]
a prehistoric caveman; a person of primitive behavior
solecism
[sol-uh-siz-uhm]
a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage
castigate
[kas-ti-geyt]
to criticize or reprimand severely
esprit
[e-spree]
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence
insufflate
[in-suhf-leyt]
to blow or breathe (something) in
cravat
[kruh-vat]
a short, wide strip of fabric worn by men around the neck and tucked inside an open-necked shirt