| contretemps |
an embarrassing or unfortunate happening; mishap; mischance. |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |