| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| consummate |
of the highest order or degree. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| obtrude |
to thrust or force (oneself, one's concerns, or one's opinions) on another or others without being asked. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |