| brusque |
impolitely abrupt in speech or actions; curt. |
| cordon |
a chain of guards or military stations forming a defense or containment line around an area. |
| cumulative |
becoming larger or greater by means of gradual addition. |
| gauche |
deficient in manners or other conventions of social behavior; boorish; crude. |
| indiscriminate |
lacking in judgment and discernment; making no distinctions. |
| nonchalant |
not showing excitement or anxiety; coolly confident, unflustered, or unworried;casually indifferent. |
| pillage |
to openly and forcefully seize goods from, as during a war; plunder. |
| provident |
showing wisdom and foresight in planning for the future. |
| regent |
one who governs in place of a disabled or underage ruler. |
| ruminate |
to think at length; meditate. |
| scathing |
harshly condemning; brutal. |
| sedulous |
steady and persistent in an action or duty; diligent. |
| slake |
to satisfy or relieve (thirst, appetite, lust, or the like) by decreasing the strength or intensity of. |
| tenuous |
having little substance, support, or significance; flimsy; weak. |