| apathy |
lack of interest or feeling. |
| avid |
having or showing great enthusiasm. |
| belated |
too late; tardy. |
| cacophonous |
characterized by a discordant, sometimes unpleasant, mixture of sounds. |
| churl |
a rude or vulgar person. |
| connoisseur |
a person with the experience, expertise, and sense of appreciation to make informed judgments in a fine art or in matters of taste. |
| conscription |
compulsory enrollment in military service. |
| contiguous |
in contact; touching; adjoining. |
| demean1 |
to lower in esteem, stature, or dignity; degrade. |
| fidelity |
loyalty or faithfulness to obligations, promises, or those to whom one has made a commitment. |
| preemptive |
of or relating to a strike or attack such as a bid in bridge or a military attack, made in anticipation of or to prevent an opposing strike. |
| pugnacious |
ready or eager to fight; overly aggressive or quarrelsome. |
| rehabilitate |
to restore to good health or to an otherwise improved state of being. |
| unseemly |
not in accord with accepted social standards; improper; indecorous. |
| visage |
the face of a person, statue, or the like, especially in regard to its appearance or expression. |