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BELLICOSE <be-li-KOS>. Favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars. OPPROBRIUM. Function: noun. 1 - Something that brings disgrace 2- Public disgrace or ill fame that follows from conduct considered grossly wrong or vicious. ALTRUISM <AL-tru-i-zm>.
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BELLICOSE<be-li-KOS> Favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars
OPPROBRIUM Function: noun 1- Something that brings disgrace 2- Public disgrace or ill fame that follows from conduct considered grossly wrong or vicious
ALTRUISM<AL-tru-i-zm> unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others
APLOMB<uh-PLAHM or uh-PLUM> complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise
PEREGRINATE<PER-e-gri-nate> to travel especially on foot
IMMODERATE<im-MOD-er-ate> Adj.: extreme, excessive
JUXTAPOSE<JUK-stuh-pohz> Verb: to place side by side
OMPHALOSKEPSIS<ahm-fuh-loh-SKEP-sis> Noun: contemplation of one's navel as an aid to meditation;also : indisposition to motion, exertion, or change
SUCCOR\SUH-kuhr\, Noun 1. Aid; help; assistance; especially, assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress. 2. The person or thing that brings relief.
FARRAGO\fa-RAH-go\, Noun 1. a confused mixture : HODGEPODGE
BEWITCHMENT<be-WICH-ment>Noun 1 a: the act or power of bewitching b : a spell that bewitches 2 : the state of being bewitched
TOOTHSOME<TOOTH-sum>Adjective 1: agreeable, attractive 2: of palatable flavor and pleasing texture : delicious
HOMERIC<hO-'mer-ik>Adjective 1: of, relating to, or characteristic of theGreek poet Homer , his age, or his writings2: of epic proportions : HEROIC<Homeric feats of reporting –Stanley Walker>
TRANSMOGRIFY<tran(t)s-'mä-gr&-"fI>verb to change or alter greatly and often with grotesque or humorous effect