| acrimonious |
filled with bitterness or rancor. |
| caricature |
a depiction, in a drawing or verbal description, that deliberately exaggerates or distorts some features of the person or thing represented to produce a comic or grotesque appearance. |
| carnage |
the mass killing of people; slaughter. |
| circumstantial |
relevant but not essential; incidental. |
| compassion |
a feeling of sharing another's suffering that leads to a desire to help. |
| dapple |
to mark or be marked with spots or mottling. |
| malignant |
meant to cause harm; evil. |
| mausoleum |
a large, elaborate tomb, or the structure that houses such a tomb. |
| miff |
to cause (someone) to become annoyed; offend. |
| pessimism |
the belief that events will turn out badly; tendency to expect the worst. |
| syncopate |
in music, to make (a rhythm) more complex as by accenting beats that are not normally accented or employing rests where accented beats would be expected. |
| tenacious |
holding on or tending to hold on strongly or persistently (sometimes followed by "of"). |
| travail |
strenuous and often painful or exhausting work; toil. |
| valediction |
a farewell speech, especially one given by a student of the highest honors at a graduation ceremony. |
| vindicate |
to free from an accusation, suspicion, or doubt by indisputable proof. |