| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |