| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| parlous |
full of dangers or risks; perilous. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |