| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| facsimile |
an exact copy or duplicate of something printed or of a picture. |
| flout |
to show scorn or contempt for, especially by openly or deliberately disobeying. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |