| atavism |
the recurrence or reappearance of a particular trait, style, attitude, or behavior that seemed to have disappeared, or that which has recurred or reappeared after such an absence. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |
| virago |
a shrewish, domineering woman; nag or scold. |