| cacophonous |
characterized by a discordant, sometimes unpleasant, mixture of sounds. |
| curtail |
to make shorter; cut off part of. |
| discourse |
verbal communication; conversation. |
| gauche |
deficient in manners or other conventions of social behavior; boorish; crude. |
| infraction |
an act or instance of breaking or violating, usually a rule or law; violation or breach. |
| mandatory |
ordered; required; obligatory. |
| nepotism |
favoritism shown to a near relative, as in preferential hiring or patronage. |
| perseverance |
steadfast continuance in a course of action, task, or belief. |
| projectile |
any object that is thrown, fired, or shot by an outside force or weapon. |
| proletarian |
of, pertaining or belong to, or characteristic of the working class, especially laborers who lack capital. |
| protocol |
the proper or agreed upon way of conducting oneself or of doing something. |
| regent |
one who governs in place of a disabled or underage ruler. |
| sacrilege |
the violation, profane treatment, or destruction of some place or thing that is considered to be holy. |
| schism |
a division into factions with opposing beliefs, especially in a Christian church. |
| ungovernable |
unable to be governed, ordered, or controlled; uncontrollable. |