| aberration |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| consternation |
surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| recant |
to withdraw from commitment to (a former position or statement), especially publicly; retract. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |