| ambivalent |
of feelings and emotions, conflicting; pulling in opposite directions. |
| emanate |
to come or send forth; issue or emit. |
| exchangeable |
capable of being interchanged with or given in return for another. |
| expendable |
considered able to be replaced, given up, or sacrificed. |
| fulsome |
offensive, especially because of excessiveness or insincerity. |
| inoffensive |
having no insulting or harmful qualities; innocuous. |
| marquee |
a canopy or a covering like a roof over the entrance to a building. The marquee over a theater shows the title of the current play or film and sometimes the names of the actors. |
| perpendicular |
at a right angle to. |
| pique |
to cause (a feeling or action) to be aroused or incited. |
| potent |
having strength; powerful. |
| precedent |
an action that may serve as an example for future acts of the same nature. |
| proletarian |
of, pertaining or belong to, or characteristic of the working class, especially laborers who lack capital. |
| pugnacious |
ready or eager to fight; overly aggressive or quarrelsome. |
| undermine |
to gradually, secretly, or imperceptibly weaken and destroy. |
| ungainly |
lacking gracefulness or ease of movement; clumsy; awkward. |