| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |