| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| omnibus |
concerning or including a large collection of things. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |