| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| disaffection |
an absence or loss of good will, faith, or loyalty, especially toward a government, principle, or the like. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |