| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| nonplus |
to cause (someone) to be unable to think of what to say, do, or decide; perplex; bewilder. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |