| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| parlous |
full of dangers or risks; perilous. |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |