altercation |
a loud or angry argument or quarrel. |
credulity |
an inclination to believe or trust, especially without sufficient basis or evidence; gullibility. |
disputation |
the act or process of arguing or debating a topic. |
effervescence |
high spirits; excitement; liveliness. |
feign |
to pretend or fake; put on a false show of. |
impregnate |
to make (a female animal or human) pregnant, or to make (an egg) fertile. |
infidelity |
unfaithfulness, especially to marital vows; adultery. |
macabre |
of, pertaining to, depicting, or evoking death or the horrors of death; gruesome; ghastly. |
mediate |
to act as an intermediary in (a dispute) or bring about (an agreement). |
obituary |
a printed announcement of a person's death, usually including a brief biography and information about funeral arrangements. |
paragon |
a model of excellence or of a particular admirable quality. |
paraphrase |
a restatement of a passage or text in somewhat different words so as to simplify, clarify, or amplify. |
prototype |
an original model on which later stages or forms are based or developed. |
senile |
showing certain characteristics of old age, especially a deterioration of mental faculties or emotional control. |
tertiary |
third in order, rank, importance, degree, or the like. |