| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| flak |
(informal) irritating opposition, criticism, or dissent. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |