| apotheosis |
a perfect or ideal example; epitome. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |