| belligerent |
having a fighting character; aggressive. |
| clique |
a small, often aggressively exclusive group of friends or associates. |
| frond |
a long leaf with many small divisions. Ferns and palm trees have fronds. |
| gnarl |
to knot or twist. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| instrumental |
serving as an agent or partial cause. |
| legacy |
money, property, or other goods left to someone in a will. |
| pittance |
a contemptibly small portion, amount, or payment. |
| populous |
having a large population. |
| rabid |
extreme in opinion or action; fanatical. |
| semblance |
outward form; appearance. |
| transmute |
to change into another form, substance, state, or the like. |
| unfrock |
to deprive of priestly status. |
| urbane |
refined in manner; polished; elegant. |
| zealot |
a person who is excessively and often intolerantly enthusiastic, especially about a cause or religious faith; fanatic. |