| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| phlegmatic |
not given to shows of emotion or interest; slow to excite. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |