| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| expostulate |
to argue earnestly with someone, usually against an intended action; remonstrate. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| lattice |
a flat framework made with strips of wood or other material. The strips cross each other and have open spaces in between. A lattice is often used as a screen on a porch or in a garden. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| shibboleth |
a slogan, phrase, or belief that characterizes or is held devotedly by a group. |