| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| impediment |
an obstacle or hindrance. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |