| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| extort |
to extract or obtain (money or the like) by force, threats, or abuse of authority. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |