| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| flange |
a collar or rim that projects from a pipe, housing, or the like to provide strength, stability, or a place for attaching other parts. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| impediment |
an obstacle or hindrance. |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| nonplus |
to cause (someone) to be unable to think of what to say, do, or decide; perplex; bewilder. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |