| brusque |
impolitely abrupt in speech or actions; curt. |
| crossfire |
a volley of projectiles, especially gunfire, directed at some central point from two separated positions. |
| divest |
to take rights or property away from; dispossess, especially by legal means. |
| fallible |
capable of making mistakes; liable to error. |
| feral |
existing in a wild natural state; not domesticated. |
| ideology |
the body of beliefs, symbols, and political and social aims that characterizes a particular group or institution. |
| nominal |
in name alone. |
| plaintive |
showing or expressing sadness or sorrow. |
| redolent |
suggesting or recalling (usually followed by "of"). |
| rigorous |
showing strictness or sternness. |
| simpleminded |
not complex or sophisticated. |
| striate |
to mark with stripes or furrows. |
| tenuous |
having little substance, support, or significance; flimsy; weak. |
| tepid |
not quite warm; lukewarm. |
| unrelenting |
continuing with the same intensity, force, speed, or the like; not decreasing or weakening. |