| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| internecine |
of or pertaining to conflict, discord, or struggle within a group. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |