| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |