| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| eidetic |
pertaining to or designating the ability to recall images in almost perfect detail. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |