| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| lattice |
a flat framework made with strips of wood or other material. The strips cross each other and have open spaces in between. A lattice is often used as a screen on a porch or in a garden. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |