| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| incumbent |
currently holding an office or position. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| nonplus |
to cause (someone) to be unable to think of what to say, do, or decide; perplex; bewilder. |
| obtrude |
to thrust or force (oneself, one's concerns, or one's opinions) on another or others without being asked. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |