| ambivalence |
the presence of conflicting feelings, such as love and hate, toward a person, thing, or situation. |
| condole |
to express sympathy or sorrow for one suffering misfortune or pain. |
| deprave |
to change for the worse, especially morally; corrupt; pervert. |
| doctrinaire |
dogmatically adhering to a theory or a school of thought, regardless of its practicality. |
| ecclesiastical |
of or related to the church and clergy. |
| farce |
anything improbable, absurd, or empty of meaning; mockery; sham. |
| incongruous |
not suitable or fitting; out of place. |
| manifold |
abundant and varied. |
| montage |
the technique of juxtaposing or superimposing images in a photograph or on motion picture film. |
| profess |
to claim or state as true. |
| pugnacious |
ready or eager to fight; overly aggressive or quarrelsome. |
| recompense |
payment or action to compensate for the expenditure or loss of time, money, property, or the like. |
| squabble |
to quarrel over trivial matters; bicker. |
| succinct |
briefly but clearly stated; concise. |
| unworldly |
lacking sophistication; naive; provincial. |