| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| eidetic |
pertaining to or designating the ability to recall images in almost perfect detail. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |