| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |