| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| ensconce |
to position (oneself) firmly or comfortably. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| foible |
a minor flaw or weakness in personality, character, or behavior. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |