| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| compunction |
uneasiness about the propriety or suitability of an action; qualm. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| pathos |
a quality in life or art that evokes pity, sadness, or compassion. |
| perilous |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |