| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| consummate |
of the highest order or degree. |
| disencumber |
to remove burdens or hindrances from. |
| germane |
having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |