| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| germane |
having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| recant |
to withdraw from commitment to (a former position or statement), especially publicly; retract. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |