| apogee |
the highest or farthest point. |
| auspice |
(usually plural) sponsorship or protection; patronage. |
| bland |
without interest, spirit, or excitement; dull; indifferent. |
| charlatan |
one who deceitfully claims to possess a particular skill or expertise; fraud; quack. |
| chattel |
any article of property not attached to lands or buildings; movable property. |
| deride |
to ridicule or treat with scornful mockery. |
| ecclesiastical |
of or related to the church and clergy. |
| elongate |
to make longer; lengthen. |
| insidious |
dangerous through cunning, subtlety, and underhandedness. |
| omnivorous |
living on a diet of both plant and animal food. |
| potency |
the condition of being strong in effect or powerful. |
| scathing |
harshly condemning; brutal. |
| testy |
easily annoyed or angered; irritable; touchy. |
| theorem |
a proposition or idea that can be proven by other formulas or propositions in mathematics, or deduced from accepted premises or assumptions in logic. |
| vacuous |
characterized by lack of intelligence or serious intent; devoid of ideas or emotion. |