| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| daunt |
to lessen the determination of; intimidate; discourage. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| deterge |
to cleanse, wash, or wipe off. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| internecine |
of or pertaining to conflict, discord, or struggle within a group. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |