| boor |
a rough-mannered or insensitive person. |
| deleterious |
harmful or injurious, as to health. |
| ensue |
to occur as the result of an earlier event. |
| fatalism |
a belief or doctrine that the events of life are predetermined and cannot be altered by human free will. |
| inoffensive |
having no insulting or harmful qualities; innocuous. |
| laggard |
someone or something that falls behind the pace of others. |
| obnoxious |
offensive or not pleasant. |
| overt |
openly apparent; not concealed. (Cf. covert.) |
| perjury |
the crime of telling a lie in a court after promising under oath to tell the truth. |
| primeval |
of or suggestive of the first age or ages. |
| rarefy |
to make less dense. |
| rebuff |
to reject, repel, block, or set back. |
| secrete |
to produce a fluid or other substance and release it into or out of the body. |
| slough2 |
to shed or discard; rid oneself of. |
| stratagem |
a plan or trick to deceive, surprise, or outwit an opponent, especially as a military maneuver. |