| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| demulcent |
an oily or sticky substance used especially to soothe irritation in mucous membranes. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |