| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| deterge |
to cleanse, wash, or wipe off. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |