effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
foible |
a minor flaw or weakness in personality, character, or behavior. |
hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |