| boor |
a rough-mannered or insensitive person. |
| caustic |
bitingly critical. |
| hedonist |
one who believes that pleasure-seeking should be the primary goal of humans. |
| insidious |
dangerous through cunning, subtlety, and underhandedness. |
| limbo1 |
(often capitalized) in theology, a place neither in heaven nor hell for souls neither saved nor condemned, such as those of unbaptized infants. |
| meritorious |
having worth or high quality; deserving of praise or reward. |
| morass |
something that hinders passage or engulfs an unwary person. |
| podium |
a raised platform, as for a speaker or orchestra conductor; dais. |
| rarefy |
to make less dense. |
| rudimentary |
of or pertaining to the basic or first principles; elementary. |
| sequel |
what follows afterwards, such as the next event in a series, especially as it arises from previous events. |
| synoptic |
forming a summary or overview. |
| trove |
a collection of valuable or desirable things. |
| vernacular |
spoken by the native or common people of a region or country. |
| zealot |
a person who is excessively and often intolerantly enthusiastic, especially about a cause or religious faith; fanatic. |