| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| mahatma |
(sometimes capitalized) in Buddhism and theosophy, any of a class of persons revered for their wisdom and love of humanity. |
| malfeasance |
an illegal act or wrongdoing, especially by a public official. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |