| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |