| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| duress |
intimidation or coercion. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |