| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| munificent |
having or showing great generosity. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |