| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| lacuna |
a gap or omitted part. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| 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. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |