| bane |
something or someone that causes ruin or great trouble. |
| banter |
joking, clever conversation. |
| chauvinist |
one who has a biased belief in the superiority of one's own sex over the other. |
| delineate |
to describe or portray in precise or vivid detail. |
| fastidious |
exceedingly particular or demanding especially in matters of detail; exacting. |
| irony |
a manner of using language so that it conveys a different or opposite meaning to that which is literally expressed in the words themselves. Irony is used in ordinary conversation and also as a literary technique, especially to express criticism or to produce humor or pathos. |
| laudable |
worthy of praise. |
| marauder |
one who raids or invades in order to plunder. |
| primeval |
of or suggestive of the first age or ages. |
| rampant |
unrestrained or uncontrollable; unbridled. |
| realign |
to come to a new relationship or set of alliances, as countries or political factions. |
| ruse |
a trick, pretense, or diversion intended to deceive or mislead. |
| synoptic |
forming a summary or overview. |
| temperance |
habitual moderation in the use of alcoholic drink, or complete abstinence. |
| tenacious |
holding on or tending to hold on strongly or persistently (sometimes followed by "of"). |