| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| paroxysm |
a sudden strong outburst of feelings or actions. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |