2018's Last Words

Word gatherings from my last few months' readings... faves in bold as always. 

• descant - talk tediously or at length
• apposite - apt in the circumstance or in relation to something
• argot - jargon or slang of a particular group or class
• atonal - not written in any key or mode
• interlocutor - a person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation
• dipsomaniac - a drunkard or alcoholic
• anomie - lack of usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group
• parlous - full of danger or uncertainty; precarious
• quiddity - a distinctive feature; a perculiarity
• libertine - a person who behaves w/o moral principles or sense of responsibility
• peripeteia - a sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstances
• miff - annoy
• striae - a linear mark, slight ridge, or groove on a surface
• plangent - (of a sound) loud, reverberating, and often melancholy
• suzerainty - overlordship
• cachet - the state of being respected or admired; prestige
• oriflamme - a scarlet banner or knight's standard
• avuncular - relating to an uncle
• consanguineous - denoting people descended from the same ancestor
• hoyden - a boisterous girl
• decoction - the liquor resulting from concentrating the essence of a substance by heating or boiling, especially a medicinal preparation made from a plant
• denizen - an inhabitant or occupant of a particular place; or a foreigner afforded certain rights in the adopted country
• nostrum - a pet scheme or favorite remedy, especially one for bringing about social/political reform
• postern - back or side entrance
• ululate - howl or wail as an expression of strong emotion, typically grief
• purblind - slow or unable to understand; dimwitted
• mordant - (of humor) having/showing a sharp, critical quality; biting
• peregrinations - a journey, especially a long or meandering one
• calumny - the making of false/defamatory statements to damage someone's reputation; slander
• gestalt - an organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts
• codicil - an addition or supplement that explains/modifies/or revokes a will or part of one
• funerary - relating to a funeral or the commencement of the dead
• perforce - used to express necessity or inevitability