| armistice |
an agreement by groups of people or countries at war to stop fighting; truce. |
| candor |
the quality of openness, honesty, and straightforwardness in expression. |
| constraint |
a state of confinement or restraint. |
| crossfire |
a volley of projectiles, especially gunfire, directed at some central point from two separated positions. |
| dextrous |
variant of dexterous. |
| marquee |
a canopy or a covering like a roof over the entrance to a building. The marquee over a theater shows the title of the current play or film and sometimes the names of the actors. |
| overbearing |
arrogantly dominating; dictatorial. |
| patriarch |
a man who is the leader of a family or tribe. |
| pillage |
to openly and forcefully seize goods from, as during a war; plunder. |
| propitious |
offering favorable circumstances or conditions; opportune; promising. |
| pundit |
an authoritative, or purportedly authoritative, commentator or critic. |
| renounce |
to give up (a right or claim) usually by formal declaration or announcement; waive. |
| sprightly |
lively, spirited, or energetic. |
| subtlety |
the quality or condition of being difficult to detect or define. |
| unexceptionable |
without flaw or fault; beyond objection or criticism. |