| acrimony |
bitterness or sharpness in speech or behavior. |
| arbiter |
someone who has the authority to decide an issue or settle a dispute. |
| chastise |
to punish, often corporally. |
| connoisseur |
a person with the experience, expertise, and sense of appreciation to make informed judgments in a fine art or in matters of taste. |
| conservatism |
a general preference for the traditional; disinclination to change. |
| fervor |
strength, heatedness, or intensity of feeling; impassioned enthusiasm. |
| imprecise |
not exact, accurate, or well-defined; vague. |
| inimitable |
impossible to mimic or copy, because of uniqueness or superiority. |
| ornamentation |
decoration; embellishment. |
| overweening |
particularly forward, vain, and self-promoting. |
| prudery |
the state, quality, or characteristic of being overly concerned with modest or proper conduct, speech, dress, or the like. |
| reparation |
the act or process of making amends for wrongdoing or injury. |
| reverential |
characterized by a great respect and awe, mingled with love. |
| senile |
showing certain characteristics of old age, especially a deterioration of mental faculties or emotional control. |
| sundry |
of various kinds; miscellaneous. |