| abut |
to adjoin or press against; be next to; border on. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| foible |
a minor flaw or weakness in personality, character, or behavior. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |