| bedizen |
to dress or decorate in a flashy, garish fashion. |
| crony |
a close friend or ally (often used pejoratively). |
| culminate |
to arrive at a climax or conclusion (usually followed by "in"). |
| foray |
a quick raid or sudden advance, usually military and often to take forage or plunder. |
| inimitable |
impossible to mimic or copy, because of uniqueness or superiority. |
| mendacious |
untruthful. |
| moot |
not clearly settled; arguable; debatable. |
| nicety |
a subtle distinction; fine point. |
| ossify |
to become inflexible or rigid, as in thought or behavior. |
| plurality |
the largest proportion of votes in an election, especially when it is less than half the total, or the margin of votes separating the victor from the person who came second. |
| refraction |
the bending of rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like when passed obliquely from one medium to another with a different rate of transmission. |
| singular |
extraordinary or exceptional. |
| superimpose |
to set or lay on top of or above something. |
| taciturn |
habitually silent and uncommunicative. |
| vacillate |
to hesitate or waver in giving an opinion or making a decision; be indecisive. |