ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
lien |
a legal claim on a piece of property when the current owner is in default on a debt or obligation. |
malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |
transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |
uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |