| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| eidetic |
pertaining to or designating the ability to recall images in almost perfect detail. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| gambit |
a tactic or maneuver designed to gain an advantage, especially one that involves some sacrifice on one's part. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |