| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| compunction |
uneasiness about the propriety or suitability of an action; qualm. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| shibboleth |
a slogan, phrase, or belief that characterizes or is held devotedly by a group. |