| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |