| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |