| belligerent |
having a fighting character; aggressive. |
| charlatan |
one who deceitfully claims to possess a particular skill or expertise; fraud; quack. |
| dint |
force or impact. |
| forestall |
to prevent or hinder by taking action beforehand. |
| fusion |
the act of fusing or joining together. |
| girth |
the length around something. |
| intuition |
the power to know or understand something without thinking it through in a logical way. |
| miff |
to cause (someone) to become annoyed; offend. |
| misapprehension |
a failure to understand. |
| patina |
a greenish, brownish, or reddish crust or film produced by oxidation on the surface of old metals such as bronze and copper. |
| repugnant |
extremely distasteful to one's senses or principles; disgusting. |
| scanty |
barely adequate; meager. |
| scruple |
a belief about right and wrong that keeps a person from doing something that may be bad. |
| staid |
formal, solemn, and reserved in character. |
| strident |
harsh-sounding or loud; raucous; grating. |