| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| facsimile |
an exact copy or duplicate of something printed or of a picture. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| sotto voce |
in a low voice or undertone, so as not to be overheard; softly (often used as a musical direction). |