| belligerent |
having a fighting character; aggressive. |
| benevolent |
desiring to do good for others; generous. |
| connoisseur |
a person with the experience, expertise, and sense of appreciation to make informed judgments in a fine art or in matters of taste. |
| credible |
believable or plausible. |
| dictum |
a formal or official pronouncement or declaration. |
| eloquence |
skill or ability to use language that impresses or persuades. |
| fictitious |
intended to deceive; not genuine; imaginary. |
| laggard |
someone or something that falls behind the pace of others. |
| landlocked |
without any access to the sea. |
| petulance |
the state or quality of being easily or unreasonably irritated, impatient, or ill tempered. |
| progenitor |
an ancestor or forebear. |
| recast |
to rewrite, reconstruct, or conceive again in a different form. |
| sodden |
drenched with liquid; saturated; soaked. |
| suppress |
to stop the activities or progress of, especially by force. |
| uniformity |
the state or quality of being uniform; overall sameness. |