| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |