| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |