Four Chapters

re·pu·di·ate

[ri-pyoo-dee-eyt]

verb

1. to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
2. to cast off or disown: to repudiate a son.
3. to reject with disapproval or condemnation: to repudiate a new doctrine.
4. to reject with denial: to repudiate a charge as untrue.
5. to refuse to acknowledge and pay (a debt), as a state, municipality, etc.

Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/repudiate

pot⋅latch

[pot-lach]

noun

1. (among American Indians of the northern Pacific coast, esp. the Kwakiutl)
   a ceremonial festival at which gifts are bestowed on the guests and property is destroyed by its owner in a show of wealth that the guests later attempt to surpass.

Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/potlatch

co⋅nun⋅drum

[kuh-nuhn-druhm]

noun

1. a riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play on words, as What is black and white and read all over? A newspaper.
2. anything that puzzles.

Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/conundrum

pro⋅sa⋅ic

[proh-zey-ik]

adjective

1. commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
2. of or having the character or form of prose rather than poetry.

Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/prosaic

kow⋅tow

verb

1. to act in an obsequious manner; show servile deference.
2. to touch the forehead to the ground while kneeling, as an act of worship, reverence, apology, etc., esp. in former Chinese custom.

Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/kowtow