| acclaim |
to show enthusiastic approval of. |
| amenity |
(plural) social courtesies; agreeable manners; pleasantries. |
| contemptuous |
feeling or expressing angry disgust, as at something unworthy or wicked; scornful. |
| disavow |
to deny having (knowledge, intention, or the like). |
| incarnate |
having bodily form; personified. |
| intermittent |
alternately stopping and starting with pauses in between. |
| lithe |
characterized by light, graceful, flexible movements. |
| pessimist |
one who usually expects a bad outcome. |
| repudiate |
to reject completely as invalid or untrue. |
| sacrosanct |
so important or revered as to be beyond any alteration or criticism. |
| secrete |
to produce a fluid or other substance and release it into or out of the body. |
| solvent |
having enough funds to meet obligations. |
| touchstone |
a test or standard by which to evaluate the worth of something. |
| veer |
to change direction; turn quickly. |
| virile |
having the qualities of a man; characteristically masculine. |