appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
mahatma |
(sometimes capitalized) in Buddhism and theosophy, any of a class of persons revered for their wisdom and love of humanity. |
oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |