appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
lattice |
a flat framework made with strips of wood or other material. The strips cross each other and have open spaces in between. A lattice is often used as a screen on a porch or in a garden. |
nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
parlous |
full of dangers or risks; perilous. |
schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |
sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |