| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| lien |
a legal claim on a piece of property when the current owner is in default on a debt or obligation. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| perilous |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |