| admonish |
to warn or caution. |
| brazen |
shameless; bold. |
| contortion |
a straining or twisting by the intellect; mental gymnastics. |
| credible |
believable or plausible. |
| delimit |
to define or mark the boundaries of; demarcate. |
| ebullient |
highly enthusiastic, happily excited, or spirited. |
| faddish |
relating to or having the nature of a passing fashion or craze. |
| gingerly |
in a careful or cautious manner; warily. |
| gist |
the essential part or idea, as of an argument or written work. |
| intransigent |
refusing to alter an idea or a position in response to others' wishes; uncompromising. |
| perfidy |
an act or the practice of conscious, deliberate disloyalty or treachery; breach of faith. |
| provincial |
limited in outlook; narrow-minded. |
| secular |
of or concerning the world and material concerns as opposed to religious or spiritual concerns; temporal. |
| spat1 |
a short, slight quarrel. |
| touchstone |
a test or standard by which to evaluate the worth of something. |