| acrimony |
bitterness or sharpness in speech or behavior. |
| beneficiary |
one who receives or is formally designated to receive money or property, as from a will or insurance policy. |
| captious |
inclined to petty criticism; faultfinding. |
| corrugate |
to shape or bend or become shaped or bent into parallel, wavelike ridges and grooves. |
| demolition |
the act or an instance of destroying, especially by means of explosives. |
| edict |
an order or decree proclaimed by a ruler or other of high authority. |
| indigent |
without financial means to live; needy; poor. |
| monochromatic |
having or using only a single color or shades of one color. |
| poignant |
deeply touching; arousing strong emotion, especially sadness or sympathy; piercing; penetrating. |
| proclivity |
a natural tendency or inclination; propensity or predisposition. |
| recast |
to rewrite, reconstruct, or conceive again in a different form. |
| regimen |
a regulated routine of therapy or exercise designed to promote health or fitness. |
| stratify |
to assign categories or create divisions within (a society) according to a hierarchy of social or economic classes. |
| unconscionable |
not restrained or guided by a concern for what is right and just; unprincipled. |
| venerate |
to treat or regard with great respect, honor, or reverence. |