inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious

to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like

anything that transforms, purifies, or refines

given to or characterized by gross excess in drinking or eating

of the present time; modern

physical beauty; comeliness

resembling or containing lead; leaden

incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting

to make valid; substantiate; confirm

settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like

theatrical entertainment consisting of a number of individual performances, acts, or mixed numbers, as by comedians, singers, dancers, acrobats, and magicians

a guide who gives information about antiquities and places of interest to sightseers

difficult to understand; obscure

not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed

showing great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle

to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally