| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| occlude |
to close or obstruct (a passage or opening, one's vision, or the like). |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
| veneration |
a feeling of great respect; awe; reverence. |