| aplomb |
great self-confidence, composure, or poise. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| occlude |
to close or obstruct (a passage or opening, one's vision, or the like). |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |