| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| disaffection |
an absence or loss of good will, faith, or loyalty, especially toward a government, principle, or the like. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| opiate |
something that induces relaxation, calm, or stupor. |
| perilous |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |