| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| ensconce |
to position (oneself) firmly or comfortably. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |