| choleric |
having a quick temper; easily angered. |
| conclusive |
serving to reach a final answer or decision, or to settle. |
| cosmopolitan |
of, drawn from, or common to all the world or all the peoples of the world. |
| demagogue |
a leader, especially a speaker or politician, who attempts to persuade and to gain a following by appealing to the emotions and prejudices of the public, rather than by rational argument. |
| elegy |
a sorrowful or mournful poem or musical composition, especially a lament for the dead. |
| immutable |
not subject to change; unchanging or unchangeable. |
| implicit |
implied rather than directly stated. |
| incur |
to become liable for or bring upon oneself (usually some unwanted or harmful consequence). |
| largess |
liberality in giving, especially money, and often with an implication of the giver's superiority. |
| Philistine |
(sometimes lower case) one who is ignorant of, smugly indifferent to, or hostile to aesthetic and cultural values. |
| preclude |
to prevent from happening by means of prior action or previously established condition. |
| regression |
the act or condition of return to an earlier form or less advanced state; biological or psychological reversion. |
| scourge |
someone or something that inflicts punishment or causes suffering or destruction. |
| solicit |
to try to obtain (business, recruits, donations, help, or the like) by persuasion, formal request, or pleading. |
| subterfuge |
a stratagem or artifice used to hide, avoid, or deceive. |