| anathema |
something or someone despised or cursed. |
| arbitration |
the consideration and decision of an issue or dispute by someone who has the official authority to decide such matters. |
| arduous |
entailing great difficulty, exertion, or endurance; laborious. |
| buoyancy |
the capacity to float or rise to the top in a liquid or gas. |
| dapper |
neat and stylish in dress and appearance. |
| divest |
to take rights or property away from; dispossess, especially by legal means. |
| fallacious |
based on unsound logic; in error; illogical. |
| fraught |
accompanied by; full of, usually something bad or unpleasant. |
| gesticulation |
the act or an instance of using hand movements, as to add emphasis or expressiveness to speech. |
| hiatus |
a gap or break in activity, time, or space; interruption. |
| indisputable |
not subject to being challenged or denied; unquestionable. |
| jingoism |
aggressive nationalism and patriotism, especially as directed against foreign countries. |
| mendacious |
untruthful. |
| seclusion |
the act of isolating or hiding away, or the condition of being isolated in this way. |
| stalwart |
steady and loyal; reliable. |