| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| halcyon |
tranquil; peaceful; calm. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |