[ sur-fit ]

excess; an excessive amount

[ sood-n-im ]

a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name

[ puhl-kri-tood ]

physical beauty; comeliness

[ pon-tif-i-keyt ]

express one's opinions in a way considered annoyingly pompous and dogmatic

[ in-staw-rey-shuhn ]

renewal or restoration

[ ahr-keyn ]

known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric

[ ab-ni-geyt ]

renounce or reject (something desired or valuable)

[ ahy-kawr ]

from Classical Mythology: the blood of the gods

[ am-bi-dek-struhs ]

able to use both hands equally well