| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| expatiate |
to discuss something at great length; describe in great detail. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |