| aplomb |
great self-confidence, composure, or poise. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| insouciant |
having no cares or anxieties; light-hearted; carefree. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |
| virago |
a shrewish, domineering woman; nag or scold. |