| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| cognizant |
aware; informed (usually followed by "of"). |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| euphoria |
a strong feeling of well-being or elation, sometimes unrealistic or unwarranted, and able to be induced by certain drugs. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| mahatma |
(sometimes capitalized) in Buddhism and theosophy, any of a class of persons revered for their wisdom and love of humanity. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |