| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| gadfly |
a persistent critic, especially of established institutions and policies. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| occlude |
to close or obstruct (a passage or opening, one's vision, or the like). |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |