| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| condign |
well-deserved or fitting, especially of punishment or reprimand. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| recant |
to withdraw from commitment to (a former position or statement), especially publicly; retract. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |