| bilk |
to defraud or swindle, especially by avoiding due or promised payment. |
| deducible |
able to be concluded or inferred from certain facts or principles. |
| fodder |
feed for farm animals, such as stalks of corn cut and mixed with hay. |
| impregnate |
to make (a female animal or human) pregnant, or to make (an egg) fertile. |
| invincible |
too strong to be defeated. |
| martinet |
a person who enforces very strict discipline, especially in the military. |
| misnomer |
an incorrect or inappropriate name. |
| plaintive |
showing or expressing sadness or sorrow. |
| precinct |
an area in a town or city that forms a separate district for voting or that is looked after by one police unit. |
| revert |
to return to a previous state, practice, belief, or the like. |
| scrimmage |
a vigorous struggle; scuffle. |
| stodgy |
lacking the ability or inclination to act informally or to find humor or enjoyment in things that others might; stuffy; prim. |
| stratagem |
a plan or trick to deceive, surprise, or outwit an opponent, especially as a military maneuver. |
| supremacy |
ultimate power or authority. |
| temperament |
the manner of thinking, feeling, and acting that is characteristic of a particular person or animal. |