| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |