| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| effluvium |
an outflow of usually invisible, foul-smelling vapor or gas. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| 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. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |