| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| mahatma |
(sometimes capitalized) in Buddhism and theosophy, any of a class of persons revered for their wisdom and love of humanity. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |