| betroth |
to pledge or give in marriage. |
| chattel |
any article of property not attached to lands or buildings; movable property. |
| chauvinist |
one who has a biased belief in the superiority of one's own sex over the other. |
| contiguous |
in contact; touching; adjoining. |
| crossfire |
a volley of projectiles, especially gunfire, directed at some central point from two separated positions. |
| dispassionate |
without strong feeling or bias; calm; impartial. |
| fractious |
inclined to be irritable and quarrelsome; cranky. |
| grandiose |
pretentious or pompous. |
| gratify |
to please; satisfy. |
| implausible |
hard to believe or credit. |
| manifest |
to show plainly; display; demonstrate. |
| parameter |
any of a set of specifications or limits, the value or variations of which determine the form or behavior of something. |
| perfectionist |
one who tends not to be satisfied with less than flawless performance from herself or himself. |
| promontory |
a high cliff that sticks out into a large body of water or that rises above an area of lower land. |
| shoddy |
of low quality; poorly made or carried out. |