| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| blithe |
indifferent or casual; unconcerned. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| shibboleth |
a slogan, phrase, or belief that characterizes or is held devotedly by a group. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| stipple |
a method of painting, drawing, or engraving by applying small points, dots, or dabs to a surface. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |