| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| savor |
to give an impression; hint (usually followed by "of"). |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |