| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| sanctimony |
a pretense of righteousness or piety; feigned devotion or holiness. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |