| acrid |
bitter in taste or smell; sharply irritating. |
| advocate |
to speak or act in favor of. |
| awry |
in an unplanned and undesired direction. |
| concurrent |
existing or occurring at the same time. |
| exhort |
to advise, urge, or incite with great seriousness. |
| fiasco |
an utter and shameful failure. |
| illicit |
not permitted by custom or law; illegitimate. |
| iridescent |
emitting or reflecting a lustrous play of colors covering the spectrum, like a rainbow. |
| lionize |
to view or treat (someone) as a celebrity or extraordinary person. |
| melodrama |
behavior or events, in reality or fiction, with similarly exaggerated features or effects. |
| nullify |
to cause to have no value or consequence. |
| promontory |
a high cliff that sticks out into a large body of water or that rises above an area of lower land. |
| stipend |
any periodic payment of money, such as a salary or allowance. |
| tout |
to publicize flatteringly and boastfully. |
| turncoat |
one who changes from one party, allegiance, or the like, to the opposite, especially a traitor. |