| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| ostentation |
a showy display to impress others. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |