austere |
having only what is needed; very simple or plain. |
cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
eruct |
to belch forth. |
highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |