| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| gadfly |
a persistent critic, especially of established institutions and policies. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |