| bleak |
bare, cold, or not protected from the weather. |
| blemish |
to damage or spoil the perfection of. |
| contradict |
to say the opposite of; deny the truth of. |
| demonstration |
an activity that shows how something works or how it is made. |
| drone2 |
to talk in a boring voice without changing one's tone. |
| expel |
to force out or drive out. |
| intellectual |
of or having to do with the intellect. |
| knack |
a natural talent for something. |
| preliminary |
coming before, so as to prepare for something else. |
| relish |
a great enjoyment of something. |
| renowned |
known and praised by many; famous. |
| rogue |
a person who is dishonest or mean. |
| scholarly |
of or appropriate to a student or a learned person. |
| transcend |
to go beyond or rise above (a common limitation). |
| vortex |
a whirling mass of fluid, air, or the like, such as a whirlpool, that generates a vacuum in the center toward which things are drawn. |