| apotheosis |
a perfect or ideal example; epitome. |
| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| ersatz |
serving as a substitute, especially when of inferior quality. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| shibboleth |
a slogan, phrase, or belief that characterizes or is held devotedly by a group. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |