| aplomb |
great self-confidence, composure, or poise. |
| argot |
the vocabulary or jargon characteristic of a specific group or class, especially of criminals. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| exceptionable |
likely to be objected to; objectionable. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| lorgnette |
eyeglasses, such as opera glasses, that have a short handle by which one holds them in position. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |