| acrimonious |
filled with bitterness or rancor. |
| arbitration |
the consideration and decision of an issue or dispute by someone who has the official authority to decide such matters. |
| bequest |
property handed down by will; legacy. |
| derange |
to cause to be mentally ill. |
| manifold |
abundant and varied. |
| negligible |
so small or unimportant as to be of no account; trifling or insignificant. |
| ossify |
to become inflexible or rigid, as in thought or behavior. |
| perdition |
the loss of the soul for eternity; damnation. |
| prude |
someone who is extremely or overly concerned with modesty or proper conduct, speech, dress, or the like. |
| raze |
to knock down or tear down (a structure); level. |
| regenerate |
to grow (new tissue or parts) to replace lost or injured tissue or parts. |
| remit |
to refrain from carrying out; cancel. |
| skiff |
a small, light boat that may have sails but can be rowed by one oarsman. |
| succumb |
to give in or give way to a fatal illness, superior force, overwhelming desire, or the like; yield. |
| tempestuous |
characterized by disturbance or commotion; stormy; turbulent. |