| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| ostentation |
a showy display to impress others. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |