arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
euphoria |
a strong feeling of well-being or elation, sometimes unrealistic or unwarranted, and able to be induced by certain drugs. |
expatiate |
to discuss something at great length; describe in great detail. |
froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
ostentation |
a showy display to impress others. |
parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
scion |
an offspring or heir. |
stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |