| acrimonious |
filled with bitterness or rancor. |
| annexation |
the act of taking and adding (territory) to one's own territory. |
| belligerent |
having a fighting character; aggressive. |
| carnage |
the mass killing of people; slaughter. |
| deprave |
to change for the worse, especially morally; corrupt; pervert. |
| fiscal |
pertaining to public or governmental finances. |
| flail |
to cause to move wildly. |
| glib |
speaking or prone to speak easily and fluently, especially in a careless or thoughtless manner, with little concern for the truth. |
| maxim |
a brief, concise statement of a general or basic truth or rule, especially for proper conduct. |
| natty |
(informal) neat, well-groomed, and smartly dressed; dapper. |
| ossify |
to become inflexible or rigid, as in thought or behavior. |
| Philistine |
(sometimes lower case) one who is ignorant of, smugly indifferent to, or hostile to aesthetic and cultural values. |
| problematic |
presenting difficulties or causing doubt; questionable. |
| splice |
to join (two pieces of film, tape, or similar things) at the ends. |
| tenable |
able to be upheld, affirmed, supported, or defended; logical. |