| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |