| blithe |
indifferent or casual; unconcerned. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| obviate |
to prevent or eliminate in advance; render unnecessary or irrelevant. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |