| allusive |
abounding in or characterized by indirect references to culture, history, or other works of art, which are to be recognized or understood by the audience. |
| arbiter |
someone who has the authority to decide an issue or settle a dispute. |
| chauvinist |
one who has a biased belief in the superiority of one's own sex over the other. |
| diffuse |
in the physical sciences, to flow toward regions of lower concentration. |
| disparity |
the condition or an instance of being unlike, unequal, or of different kinds; difference. |
| distend |
to swell or cause to swell from, or as if from, internal pressure; balloon. |
| egress |
an act, instance, method, or place of exit or emergence. |
| epigram |
a short, pithy, often paradoxical sentence. |
| incarnate |
having bodily form; personified. |
| monolithic |
large, unyielding, and without diversity. |
| pretext |
a false reason or claim put forward to mask one's true motive or aim. |
| unctuous |
excessively or falsely earnest or amiable. |
| underscore |
to emphasize by, or as if by, drawing a line beneath. |
| veer |
to change direction; turn quickly. |
| wayward |
difficult to control; willfully disobedient. |