| atavism |
the recurrence or reappearance of a particular trait, style, attitude, or behavior that seemed to have disappeared, or that which has recurred or reappeared after such an absence. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| impediment |
an obstacle or hindrance. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| 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. |