| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |
| unabashed |
not feeling or showing embarrassment, uneasiness, or shame. |