| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |