| belligerence |
a very aggressive or hostile attitude; warlike nature. |
| buttress |
a structure built to give support to the outside of a building or a wall. |
| cadaver |
a dead body, especially one used for medical research or instruction. |
| circumscribe |
to keep within bounds; confine; restrict. |
| euphony |
a pleasing, harmonious quality of sounds, especially words. |
| exhaustive |
thorough and all-encompassing. |
| fidelity |
loyalty or faithfulness to obligations, promises, or those to whom one has made a commitment. |
| inhibit |
to hold back, restrain, prevent, or tend to do so. |
| inopportune |
occurring at an undesirable or unreasonable time. |
| irony |
a manner of using language so that it conveys a different or opposite meaning to that which is literally expressed in the words themselves. Irony is used in ordinary conversation and also as a literary technique, especially to express criticism or to produce humor or pathos. |
| materialize |
to become fact; be realized. |
| perfectionist |
one who tends not to be satisfied with less than flawless performance from herself or himself. |
| polemic |
an emphatic statement of a controversial viewpoint, usually criticizing or refuting an existing position. |
| prowess |
great skill or talent; superior ability. |
| ruse |
a trick, pretense, or diversion intended to deceive or mislead. |