| affront |
something that is said or done on purpose to be rude or mean. |
| captious |
inclined to petty criticism; faultfinding. |
| clout |
(informal) influence or power to persuade. |
| constraint |
a state of confinement or restraint. |
| contention |
a point asserted in argument or debate. |
| equilibrium |
a state of balance between two or more forces. |
| implode |
to violently collapse or compress inward. |
| interplay |
the action or influence of two or more things on each other; reciprocal effect. |
| intimacy |
the condition of being close in friendship or otherwise intimate. |
| postulate |
to assert as something true, especially as a basis for reasoning. |
| predecessor |
a person who holds a position or job before another person. |
| prevaricate |
to lie, mislead, or conceal the truth deliberately. |
| spendthrift |
one who is extravagant or wasteful with money; squanderer. |
| succinct |
briefly but clearly stated; concise. |
| unworldly |
lacking sophistication; naive; provincial. |