| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |