| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| flout |
to show scorn or contempt for, especially by openly or deliberately disobeying. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| insouciant |
having no cares or anxieties; light-hearted; carefree. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |