| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| omnibus |
concerning or including a large collection of things. |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |