| cognate |
having a common origin, as languages. |
| contentious |
inclined to argue; quarrelsome; belligerent. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| infidelity |
unfaithfulness, especially to marital vows; adultery. |
| inveterate |
persisting in a habit, action, feeling, or the like. |
| lechery |
excessive or vulgar interest in sex; prurience. |
| liberality |
an attitude of tolerance and respect for individual differences. |
| myopic |
unable to see objects clearly from a distance; nearsighted. |
| onerous |
unwanted, unpleasant, and burdensome. |
| proximity |
the condition, quality, or fact of being near or close; nearness. |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| reorganize |
to reestablish or arrange anew. |
| self-determination |
the ability or freedom of a people to decide their own form of government. |
| vivacious |
full of life and spirit; animated. |
| wince |
to draw suddenly back or away from something painful or frightening. |