| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
| ersatz |
serving as a substitute, especially when of inferior quality. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |