| bombast |
boastful, pompous, or otherwise overblown utterances. |
| clinch |
to make certain or final; settle. |
| corpulent |
fat; portly; obese. |
| disincline |
to cause to be unwilling or reluctant. |
| disputatious |
inclined to quarrel or provoke argument. |
| extricate |
to free or release from difficulty, entanglement, or involvement; disengage. |
| impetus |
something that urges or impels; a driving force. |
| perpetrate |
to commit or carry out (a crime, act of mischief, or the like). |
| premonition |
an advance sign or warning; forewarning. |
| prohibitive |
serving as a preventative. |
| singularity |
an unusual trait or quality. |
| sinuous |
having many curves or turns. |
| tenable |
able to be upheld, affirmed, supported, or defended; logical. |
| tenacity |
the quality or condition of holding on strongly or persistently to something. |
| vicissitude |
(usually plural) unexpected and unforeseeable changes or shifts, as in one's circumstances. |