| asinine |
silly or willfully stupid. |
| cathartic |
of or pertaining to a cleansing emotional release. |
| dissuade |
to urge or convince not to do something. |
| entail |
to call for or bring about as a necessary accompaniment; necessarily involve. |
| indiscriminate |
lacking in judgment and discernment; making no distinctions. |
| infatuate |
to cause a foolish and irrational passion or attachment in (someone). |
| laud |
to praise. |
| multifarious |
of or having a great variety of parts, forms, or kinds; many and varied. |
| peevish |
irritable or easily annoyed; ill-tempered. |
| portal |
a doorway or entrance, especially a large and imposing one. |
| proletarian |
of, pertaining or belong to, or characteristic of the working class, especially laborers who lack capital. |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| reticence |
the state or quality of being hesitant to speak out; reserve. |
| sophomoric |
displaying intellectual pretentiousness or proud confidence about one's knowledge when actually poorly informed or immature. |
| stint |
to refrain from spending; to be sparing or frugal. |