| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| veneration |
a feeling of great respect; awe; reverence. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |