| affable |
pleasant to talk to and be with; friendly; likeable. |
| anomalous |
differing from the norm, standard, or common type or rule; abnormal. |
| conciliatory |
tending to placate or reconcile. |
| desist |
to stop acting in a certain way. |
| detriment |
harm, injury, or loss. |
| iconoclastic |
attacking or breaking away from established traditions, beliefs, or values. |
| procure |
to get or get hold of by effort; obtain. |
| protégé |
a person under the care or sponsorship of an influential patron. |
| rancorous |
feeling or showing bitter resentment; hateful. |
| resonance |
ability to make a strong or lasting effect, especially because of an emotional association. |
| revel |
to feel great pleasure; rejoice (usually followed by "in"). |
| stodgy |
lacking the ability or inclination to act informally or to find humor or enjoyment in things that others might; stuffy; prim. |
| supremacy |
ultimate power or authority. |
| testy |
easily annoyed or angered; irritable; touchy. |
| theorem |
a proposition or idea that can be proven by other formulas or propositions in mathematics, or deduced from accepted premises or assumptions in logic. |