dissimilar |
not alike; different. |
dormer |
a window set vertically into a projecting structure on a sloping roof. |
flamboyant |
exceptionally showy or dashing in one's speech, manner, or appearance. |
fop |
a man who is highly concerned with, and often vain about, his appearance and manners; dandy. |
galvanize |
to stimulate into awareness or activity. |
gauche |
deficient in manners or other conventions of social behavior; boorish; crude. |
illustrious |
highly renowned; celebrated; glorious. |
inept |
lacking skill or aptitude; incompetent. |
lampoon |
an attack through ridicule, as in an essay, cartoon, or comedy; satire. |
plight1 |
a state or situation, especially an unhappy or unlucky one; predicament. |
recipient |
one who accepts something that has been sent or given, or one who has been awarded something. |
residue |
a substance or quantity that remains after a part has been removed or after a process has been completed. |
scruple |
a belief about right and wrong that keeps a person from doing something that may be bad. |
sordid |
morally bad; ignoble or base. |
throwback |
a reappearance of an outmoded procedure, system, or the like. |