| aplomb |
great self-confidence, composure, or poise. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |