| arbitration |
the consideration and decision of an issue or dispute by someone who has the official authority to decide such matters. |
| audacity |
courage or boldness often combined with daring or recklessness. |
| compassion |
a feeling of sharing another's suffering that leads to a desire to help. |
| disputatious |
inclined to quarrel or provoke argument. |
| empirical |
based on or verifiable by experience or experiment, rather than on or by theory. |
| habituate |
to make accustomed to. |
| mettle |
toughness of character; courage. |
| misjudge |
to hold an unjustified opinion of. |
| ominous |
giving a sign of future evil or trouble. |
| pallor |
unnatural lack of color, especially of the face. |
| rejoinder |
a response to a reply; retort. |
| suffice |
to meet the needs, goals, or the like of; be adequate for. |
| superimpose |
to set or lay on top of or above something. |
| trite |
ineffective or stale because of frequent repetition; commonplace; hackneyed. |
| ultimatum |
a final statement of demands, especially when issued with a threat of action if rejected, as in a diplomatic discussion. |