| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| effluvium |
an outflow of usually invisible, foul-smelling vapor or gas. |
| extempore |
without plan or preparation; impromptu or improvised. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| sotto voce |
in a low voice or undertone, so as not to be overheard; softly (often used as a musical direction). |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |