| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| lacuna |
a gap or omitted part. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |