| affectation |
falseness or superficiality of appearance or behavior; pretense. |
| affix |
to attach or join physically (usually used with "to"). |
| befall |
to happen to. |
| cacophonous |
characterized by a discordant, sometimes unpleasant, mixture of sounds. |
| doctrinaire |
dogmatically adhering to a theory or a school of thought, regardless of its practicality. |
| exhume |
to dig out, especially from a grave; disinter. |
| insidious |
dangerous through cunning, subtlety, and underhandedness. |
| intone |
to recite in musical or lengthened tones, especially in a monotone; chant. |
| laudable |
worthy of praise. |
| ossify |
to become inflexible or rigid, as in thought or behavior. |
| pastoral |
of or relating to the country or country life; rural. |
| penurious |
extremely needy or poor; poverty-stricken. |
| profundity |
that which involves great insight or intellectual depth. |
| pundit |
an authoritative, or purportedly authoritative, commentator or critic. |
| wince |
to draw suddenly back or away from something painful or frightening. |