| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| effluvium |
an outflow of usually invisible, foul-smelling vapor or gas. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| ersatz |
serving as a substitute, especially when of inferior quality. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |