Retronym - a new term created from an existing word in order to distinguish it from the meaning that has emerged through progress or technological development (e.g., cloth diaper is a retronym necessitated by the fact that diaper now more commonly refers to a disposable diaper).

schism - division of a group into opposing factions

Tontine

an annuity shared by subscribers to a loan or common fund, the shares increasing as subscribers die until the last survivor enjoys the whole income

  • a scheme for life insurance in which the beneficiaries are those who survive and maintain a policy to the end of a given period

Ulu - a knife with a broad, nearly semicircular blade joined to a short haft at a right angle to the unsharpened side,   (a traditional tool of Eskimo women)

Vehemence - the display of strong feeling; passion.

Way-of-Life - the typical pattern of behavior of a person or group, "the rural way of life"



XO - Executive Officer (military), second in command

Yuppie - a young person with a well-paid job and a fashionable lifestyle.

"stereotypical 1980s yuppies obsessed with material objects and financial success"

Zoomer - is a nickname referring to members of Generation Z, those born in the late 90s and early 2000s

Abject - Wretched, completely without pride, miserable

behoove
be appropriate or necessary

Crwth - a type of stringed instrument, associated particularly with Welsh music 

dearth
an insufficient quantity or number

eschew - avoid and stay away from deliberately

Fenestron - is a protected tail rotor of a helicopter operating like a ducted fan