| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| condign |
well-deserved or fitting, especially of punishment or reprimand. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |