| bedizen |
to dress or decorate in a flashy, garish fashion. |
| exhume |
to dig out, especially from a grave; disinter. |
| insidious |
dangerous through cunning, subtlety, and underhandedness. |
| monochromatic |
having or using only a single color or shades of one color. |
| mote |
a fine particle of dust; speck. |
| parley |
a discussion, especially between opponents or enemies, as to establish terms of truce. |
| pique |
to cause (a feeling or action) to be aroused or incited. |
| profess |
to claim or state as true. |
| progenitor |
an ancestor or forebear. |
| protagonist |
the leading character in a literary work. |
| recompense |
payment or action to compensate for the expenditure or loss of time, money, property, or the like. |
| revile |
to speak about or speak to with hostile insults; disparage or abuse. |
| savant |
a person of deep learning; scholar. |
| uncontrolled |
acting or continuing, or allowed to act or continue, without constraint, regulation, or opposition. |
| vanguard |
the leading or foremost position or part of a movement or force; forefront. |