| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| compunction |
uneasiness about the propriety or suitability of an action; qualm. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| laconic |
using very few words; succinct; terse. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| ostentation |
a showy display to impress others. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |