| acrimony |
bitterness or sharpness in speech or behavior. |
| amenable |
willing to respond, agree, or submit; agreeable; pliable. |
| contentious |
inclined to argue; quarrelsome; belligerent. |
| demolition |
the act or an instance of destroying, especially by means of explosives. |
| inept |
lacking skill or aptitude; incompetent. |
| irrevocable |
impossible to take back, undo, or cancel. |
| lethargy |
a state of having very low energy with drowsiness and apathy; lassitude. |
| Lilliputian |
(often lower case) very tiny; extremely small. |
| moderation |
the avoidance of excesses or extremes, especially in behavior. |
| penance |
an act of punishment or self-discipline voluntarily undergone to show regret at having done something wrong. |
| reclaim |
to recover the use of (land areas) by draining, hydrating, or otherwise reconditioning so that the land can be used for agriculture or other purposes. |
| recluse |
a person who lives in voluntary isolation from others. |
| recommence |
to begin or start again. |
| redundant |
unnecessarily repetitive. |
| splice |
to join (two pieces of film, tape, or similar things) at the ends. |