| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| extort |
to extract or obtain (money or the like) by force, threats, or abuse of authority. |
| gadfly |
a persistent critic, especially of established institutions and policies. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| stipple |
a method of painting, drawing, or engraving by applying small points, dots, or dabs to a surface. |