| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |