| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| pelf |
money or wealth, usually regarded with disapproval or contempt. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |