| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| foible |
a minor flaw or weakness in personality, character, or behavior. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| nonplus |
to cause (someone) to be unable to think of what to say, do, or decide; perplex; bewilder. |
| ostentation |
a showy display to impress others. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |