| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| disaffection |
an absence or loss of good will, faith, or loyalty, especially toward a government, principle, or the like. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |