| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| ersatz |
serving as a substitute, especially when of inferior quality. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| parlous |
full of dangers or risks; perilous. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| unabashed |
not feeling or showing embarrassment, uneasiness, or shame. |