| adulation |
extreme or excessive praise. |
| agitation |
the condition of being disturbed, anxious, or upset. |
| emboss |
to decorate the surface of with a raised design. |
| entourage |
a group of people who accompany another person as attendants or associates; retinue. |
| epigram |
a short, pithy, often paradoxical sentence. |
| exhilaration |
intense high spirits. |
| gaffe |
a crude social error; blunder; faux pas. |
| incongruity |
the condition of being inappropriate or inconsistent. |
| limbo1 |
(often capitalized) in theology, a place neither in heaven nor hell for souls neither saved nor condemned, such as those of unbaptized infants. |
| malice |
the wish to harm others; ill will. |
| malign |
to speak badly of or tell harmful lies about. |
| peevish |
irritable or easily annoyed; ill-tempered. |
| preponderance |
superiority in amount, strength, significance, weight, or the like. |
| recommence |
to begin or start again. |
| volition |
the act of willing, deciding, or choosing. |