| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |