| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| interdict |
to deter or impede by the steady use of firepower. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
| parlous |
full of dangers or risks; perilous. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |