| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| unabashed |
not feeling or showing embarrassment, uneasiness, or shame. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |