| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |