| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| foible |
a minor flaw or weakness in personality, character, or behavior. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |