| belligerence |
a very aggressive or hostile attitude; warlike nature. |
| compulsion |
coercion or constraint; act of using force to bring about another's action. |
| deviate |
to turn away from a direct course or one that has already been set. |
| dub1 |
to name or call. |
| filch |
to steal (usually something of slight value) in a sly manner; pilfer. |
| heretic |
a person who maintains unorthodox religious opinions or beliefs, especially a baptized Roman Catholic who dissents from official church doctrine. |
| insubstantial |
lacking firmness or solidity; slight. |
| intonation |
the pattern of changes in pitch of the speaking or singing voice. |
| permissive |
allowing much, often excessive, freedom of behavior; lenient. |
| proxy |
a person who is authorized to act for or on behalf of another, especially as a voter; substitute. |
| 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. |
| risqué |
very close to indecency or indelicacy; sexually suggestive; racy. |
| solstice |
either of the two times in the year when the sun is furthest from the celestial equator, occurring in June and December. |
| succulent |
full of juice or sap; juicy. |
| temperance |
habitual moderation in the use of alcoholic drink, or complete abstinence. |