| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |