adj.
Stubbornly contrary and disobedient; obstinate.
adj.
1. Inclined to keep one’s thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself. See Synonyms at silent.
2. Restrained or reserved in style.
3. Reluctant; unwilling.
adj.
1. Prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered.
2. Characterized by or resulting from anger.
adj.
1. Everyday; commonplace: “There’s nothing quite like a real . . . train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute” Anita Diamant.
2. Recurring daily. Used especially of attacks of malaria.
intr.v. ter·giv·er·sat·ed, ter·giv·er·sat·ing, ter·giv·er·sates
1. To use evasions or ambiguities; equivocate.
2. To change sides; apostatize.
n. pl. ex·i·gen·cies
1. The state or quality of requiring much effort or immediate action.
2. A pressing or urgent situation. See Synonyms at crisis.
3. Urgent requirements; pressing needs. Often used in the plural.
adj.
1. Lacking energy or vitality; weak: a languid wave of the hand.
2. Showing little or no spirit or animation; listless: a languid mood.
3. Lacking vigor or force; slow: languid breezes.
n.
1. A military maneuver designed to deceive or surprise an enemy.
2. A clever, often underhanded scheme for achieving an objective. See Synonyms at wile.
adj.
1. Given to contention; quarrelsome. See Synonyms at argumentative, belligerent.
2. Involving or likely to cause contention; controversial: “a central and contentious element of the book” Tim W. Ferguson.
consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; “an arrangement of assorted spring flowers”; “assorted sizes”; “miscellaneous accessories”; “a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music”; “a motley crew”; “sundry sciences commonly known as social”- I.A.Richards
