| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| flout |
to show scorn or contempt for, especially by openly or deliberately disobeying. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |