| apotheosis |
a perfect or ideal example; epitome. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| consternation |
surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| exceptionable |
likely to be objected to; objectionable. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |