| adroit |
skillful with the hands; dextrous. |
| ascendant |
moving upward; rising. |
| conniption |
(informal) an outburst or fit of anger, hysteria, or the like. |
| defile1 |
to make unclean, foul, or filthy. |
| douse1 |
to place or plunge in water or another liquid; immerse. |
| hitherto |
until this time; previously. |
| idolatry |
unquestioning or excessive devotion or adoration. |
| impasse |
a situation that allows no escape or solution; stalemate. |
| indigence |
lack of means to live; poverty. |
| knave |
an unscrupulous person; evildoer. |
| maladjustment |
an inability to bring one's own needs into harmony with the demands of the external environment. |
| perpetrate |
to commit or carry out (a crime, act of mischief, or the like). |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| sedulous |
steady and persistent in an action or duty; diligent. |
| stipulate |
to specify or arrange as a condition of an agreement. |