| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| granulate |
to make into small particles or grains. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |