| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| deterge |
to cleanse, wash, or wipe off. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| malfeasance |
an illegal act or wrongdoing, especially by a public official. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |