| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| flange |
a collar or rim that projects from a pipe, housing, or the like to provide strength, stability, or a place for attaching other parts. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| luminary |
a famous, important, or inspirational person. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |