| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| gambit |
a tactic or maneuver designed to gain an advantage, especially one that involves some sacrifice on one's part. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |
| shibboleth |
a slogan, phrase, or belief that characterizes or is held devotedly by a group. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |