| acrimony |
bitterness or sharpness in speech or behavior. |
| coherent |
lumping, holding, or sticking together. |
| demean1 |
to lower in esteem, stature, or dignity; degrade. |
| excoriate |
to denounce or criticize severely. |
| impassive |
not having, showing, or responding to emotion; unfeeling, expressionless, or insensitive. |
| indecisive |
not definite or conclusive. |
| magnitude |
size or extent. |
| orifice |
an opening, such as a vent, mouth, or hole, through which something can pass. |
| personify |
to be a perfect or typical example of; embody. |
| posterity |
all generations to come. |
| privation |
lack of necessities or common comforts of life. |
| reproach |
to express disapproval of or disappointment with (someone); censure. |
| subversive |
tending or intended to undermine or cause the overthrow of an established authority, especially a national government. |
| throwback |
a reappearance of an outmoded procedure, system, or the like. |
| unctuous |
excessively or falsely earnest or amiable. |