| brusque |
impolitely abrupt in speech or actions; curt. |
| cede |
to give up or surrender, especially formally. |
| disparity |
the condition or an instance of being unlike, unequal, or of different kinds; difference. |
| epilogue |
a short concluding section to a literary work, often summarizing what later becomes of the characters. |
| fluency |
the ability to speak or write smoothly and easily in another language. |
| gouge |
a cut or hole made with something sharp. |
| iconoclast |
one who attacks and seeks to break down traditional beliefs and institutions or popular ideas and values. |
| incisive |
marked by clear, penetrating thought; sharp. |
| liquidate |
to pay off or settle (a debt or the like). |
| palpable |
easy to sense or perceive; obvious. |
| ramshackle |
of a building or other structure, poorly built or having fallen into a bad condition. |
| stanza |
a group of related lines in a poem that make up one section within the poem. Stanzas often have a regular meter and rhyme pattern. |
| sycophant |
one that flatters and fawns over superiors in order to get favors or advance his or her position; toady. |
| titanic |
having enormous size, strength, or power; colossal; huge. |
| uproarious |
causing loud or uncontrollable laughter; hilarious. |