| bilk |
to defraud or swindle, especially by avoiding due or promised payment. |
| droll |
wryly amusing or humorous. |
| euphemism |
the word or expression so substituted. |
| expatriate |
one who has gone into exile from or renounced allegiance to his or her native land. |
| fatuous |
smugly foolish or stupid. |
| filial |
of, concerning, or befitting a daughter or son. |
| intolerant |
not able or not willing to accept different opinions, beliefs, customs, or people; not tolerant. |
| patrician |
of, concerning, or belonging to an aristocratic class. |
| provisional |
adopted on a temporary or tentative basis until something permanent is established; conditional. |
| rabble1 |
a confused and uncontrolled crowd; disorderly mob. |
| recalcitrant |
stubbornly disobedient; refractory. |
| regurgitate |
to surge or pour back or out, especially from of a place of containment, as gases, liquids, or undigested food. |
| retentive |
having the ability to remember. |
| scintillate |
to send out sparks. |
| shoddy |
of low quality; poorly made or carried out. |