| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| occlude |
to close or obstruct (a passage or opening, one's vision, or the like). |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |