| aggressive |
mean and unfriendly in one's actions; ready to argue or start fights. |
| compact1 |
to pack closely and tightly together. |
| diversion |
an act or instance of turning aside. |
| interpretation |
the act or process of explaining or understanding the meaning of something. |
| negate |
to render ineffective or invalid; nullify. |
| opus |
a work of fine or literary art, especially a musical composition numbered to indicate its chronological place in the composer's works. |
| rebuke |
to give a sharp reprimand to; criticize. |
| recalibrate |
to reset or adjust the scale of (a quantitative measuring instrument or system), usually to maintain a correspondence with a standard. |
| redirect |
to guide to a different destination or by a different route. |
| reduction |
the amount by which a thing has been lessened or reduced. |
| snob |
a person who admires and imitates people of a high social or intellectual class. Snobs act or feel superior to anyone of a lower class. |
| squander |
to spend or expend (money, time, or effort) wastefully. |
| stereotype |
a standardized and usually oversimplified and inaccurate conception held in common by many people. |
| vortex |
a whirling mass of fluid, air, or the like, such as a whirlpool, that generates a vacuum in the center toward which things are drawn. |
| worthwhile |
valuable enough to be worth doing. |