| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| interdict |
to deter or impede by the steady use of firepower. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| pelf |
money or wealth, usually regarded with disapproval or contempt. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |
| virago |
a shrewish, domineering woman; nag or scold. |