apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
ensconce |
to position (oneself) firmly or comfortably. |
garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |