| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |