| argot |
the vocabulary or jargon characteristic of a specific group or class, especially of criminals. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| laconic |
using very few words; succinct; terse. |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |