| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| obtrude |
to thrust or force (oneself, one's concerns, or one's opinions) on another or others without being asked. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |