| bilk |
to defraud or swindle, especially by avoiding due or promised payment. |
| cavil |
to make petty criticisms or objections; carp (usually followed by "at" or "about"). |
| disembark |
to put or go ashore from a ship. |
| emancipate |
to free from slavery or other control. |
| haggle |
to bargain or argue over petty differences in price, terms, or point of view. |
| implicit |
implied rather than directly stated. |
| intercede |
to act as a mediator in a dispute or disagreement. |
| landlocked |
without any access to the sea. |
| lummox |
(informal) someone who is especially clumsy, slow, and unintelligent. |
| miscreant |
evil or malevolent; villainous. |
| prophetic |
foretelling or revealing the future. |
| rejoinder |
a response to a reply; retort. |
| sophomoric |
displaying intellectual pretentiousness or proud confidence about one's knowledge when actually poorly informed or immature. |
| timorous |
showing or marked by fear; fearful; timid. |
| traverse |
to go over, along, or through; cover or cross. |