| belligerence |
a very aggressive or hostile attitude; warlike nature. |
| coy |
artfully shy or retiring; playfully but calculatingly reticent. |
| demolition |
the act or an instance of destroying, especially by means of explosives. |
| diverge |
to extend or move away in different directions from a common point. |
| epigram |
a short, pithy, often paradoxical sentence. |
| intermittent |
alternately stopping and starting with pauses in between. |
| irrefutable |
impossible to disprove; indisputable. |
| moot |
not clearly settled; arguable; debatable. |
| mote |
a fine particle of dust; speck. |
| propagate |
to reproduce (offspring) or cause to reproduce. |
| scanty |
barely adequate; meager. |
| synopsis |
a short statement giving an overview, the main principles, or the sequence of events of a narrative, argument, article, or the like; summary; abstract. |
| tepid |
not quite warm; lukewarm. |
| tithe |
an amount of money, produce, or goods equal in value to a tenth of one's income, given or paid as a contribution or tax, especially to a church. |
| underrate |
to value or appreciate insufficiently; underestimate. |