| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |