| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| savor |
to give an impression; hint (usually followed by "of"). |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |