| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| redoubtable |
inspiring fear; formidable. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |