| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| derelict |
failing to fulfill one's responsibilities or obligations; remiss. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| 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. |
| mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |