misnomer = wrong or improper name; incorrect designation
proliferate = grow rapidly (in numbers); spread; multiply;
N. proliferation
hindsight = understanding the nature of an event after it
has actually happened
lucid = easily understood; clear; intelligible; N. lucidity


anathema = solemn curse; someone or something regarded
as a curse; V. anathematize
destitute = extremely poor; lacking means of subsistence;
utterly lacking; devoid; Ex. destitute of any experience
dismantle = take apart; disassemble
imperative = absolutely necessary; that must be done;
critically important; expressing command; Ex. It is imperative
that; N: something that must be done
disclaim = disown; renounce claim to; deny; CF. disclaimer
indoctrinate = cause to accept a doctrine without questioning
it; Ex. indoctrinated with mindless anticommunism
indigence = poverty
interstice = narrow space between things
abode = dwelling place; home
avuncular = of or like an uncle
matin´ee(matinee) = dramatic or musical performance
given in the afternoon
welt = raised mark from a beating or whipping
strangle = kill by choking or suffocating; suppress
flotsam = drifting wreckage
eclipse = darken; extinguish; outshine; surpass; cause an
eclipse
putative = supposed; reputed; generally regarded as
such; Ex. putative father of the child
gerrymander = change voting district lines in order to
favor a political party; N. CF. Elbridge Gerry +(sala)mander
implicate = incriminate; involve incriminatingly; show to
be involved (in a crime); Ex. implicate someone in the crime