| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| determinism |
the belief or teaching that every effect, including human thoughts and actions, is completely and predictably brought about by preceding causes and that, therefore, free will does not exist. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| halcyon |
tranquil; peaceful; calm. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |