| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| internecine |
of or pertaining to conflict, discord, or struggle within a group. |
| malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |