| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |