| climactic |
pertaining to, reaching, or being the point of highest interest or intensity in a series of increasingly important points or events. |
| cosmopolitan |
of, drawn from, or common to all the world or all the peoples of the world. |
| egotism |
excessive self-promotion; boastfulness or conceitedness. |
| excoriate |
to denounce or criticize severely. |
| garish |
marked by excessive or tasteless color or decoration; gaudy; flashy. |
| impassable |
impossible to go past, through, over, or around. |
| presumption |
a belief that is taken for granted but not proved. |
| reiterate |
to say again. |
| remit |
to refrain from carrying out; cancel. |
| reprove |
to criticize, usually mildly, for wrongdoing. |
| revile |
to speak about or speak to with hostile insults; disparage or abuse. |
| shoddy |
of low quality; poorly made or carried out. |
| surmount |
to get over or past; overcome; conquer. |
| viscid |
of a gluelike consistency. |
| wily |
cleverly deceitful; tricky; cunning. |