| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| extempore |
without plan or preparation; impromptu or improvised. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |