| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| derelict |
failing to fulfill one's responsibilities or obligations; remiss. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| refulgent |
shining brilliantly; radiant. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |