| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |