| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| determinism |
the belief or teaching that every effect, including human thoughts and actions, is completely and predictably brought about by preceding causes and that, therefore, free will does not exist. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| ersatz |
serving as a substitute, especially when of inferior quality. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |