| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| expound |
to discuss or explain in detail (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |