| beneficent |
tending to do good; kindly; charitable. |
| bogus |
not authentic; counterfeit. |
| broach |
to suggest or mention for the first time; bring up. |
| brusque |
impolitely abrupt in speech or actions; curt. |
| cerebral |
characterized by intellect or reason. |
| criteria |
a set of standards or tests by which to judge or decide something. |
| crossbreed |
to cause (a hybrid organism) to be produced by mating two different varieties of the same species. |
| hedonistic |
adhering to or characterized by the principle that pleasure should be the primary aim in life. |
| jubilation |
a feeling of great joy, pride, and happiness; exultation. |
| peevish |
irritable or easily annoyed; ill-tempered. |
| prodigious |
inspiring wonder and admiration; marvelous. |
| rudimentary |
of or pertaining to the basic or first principles; elementary. |
| therapeutic |
of, pertaining to, or capable of healing; curative. |
| unyielding |
hard; firm; resistant to pressure or force. |
| volition |
the act of willing, deciding, or choosing. |