ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
expound |
to discuss or explain in detail (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |
topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |
transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |