| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |