| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| extempore |
without plan or preparation; impromptu or improvised. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| stately |
dignified. |