| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| emote |
to express or simulate feelings, especially in an exaggerated or theatrical manner. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |