| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| disaffection |
an absence or loss of good will, faith, or loyalty, especially toward a government, principle, or the like. |
| expound |
to discuss or explain in detail (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |