| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| aplomb |
great self-confidence, composure, or poise. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| impediment |
an obstacle or hindrance. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |