| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| facsimile |
an exact copy or duplicate of something printed or of a picture. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| stately |
dignified. |