Presumptuous

pre·sump·tu·ous play_w2(“P0545700″) (pr-zmpch-s)

adj.

Going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward.

Ghastly

ghast·ly (gstl) adj. ghast·li·er, ghast·li·est 1. Inspiring shock, revulsion, or horror by or as if by suggesting death; terrifying: a ghastly murder. 2. Suggestive of or resembling ghosts. 3. Extremely unpleasant or bad: “in the most abominable passage of his ghastly little book” Conor Cruise O’Brien. 4. Very serious or great: a ghastly error.

Coax

coax

v. coaxed, coax·ing, coax·es

v.tr.

1. To persuade or try to persuade by pleading or flattery; cajole.

2. To obtain by persistent persuasion: coaxed the secret out of the child.

Rummage

rum·mage play_w2(“R0344400″) (rmj)

v. rum·maged, rum·mag·ing, rum·mag·es

v.tr.

1. To search thoroughly by handling, turning over, or disarranging the contents of.

2. To discover by searching thoroughly.

v.intr.

To make an energetic, usually hasty search.

n.

1. A thorough search among a number of things.

2. A confusion of miscellaneous articles.

Eschew

eschew – avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

Iota

i·o·ta (-t) n. 1. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. See Table at alphabet. 2. A very small amount; a bit: not an iota of truth to that tale.