| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| condign |
well-deserved or fitting, especially of punishment or reprimand. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| insouciant |
having no cares or anxieties; light-hearted; carefree. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |