| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |