acerbic |
sharp, sour, or harsh in manner, tone, or the like. |
climactic |
pertaining to, reaching, or being the point of highest interest or intensity in a series of increasingly important points or events. |
climatic |
of or pertaining to the weather conditions most prevailing in a place. |
cynicism |
an attitude of doubt or mistrust toward human nature and the possibility of good or selfless motives. |
embody |
to put in a form that can be seen; make real. |
inaccessible |
hard or impossible to reach, approach, or attain. |
magnanimity |
generosity or willingness to forgive. |
monochromatic |
having or using only a single color or shades of one color. |
permissive |
allowing much, often excessive, freedom of behavior; lenient. |
placate |
to calm down and make less angry, especially by appeasement; conciliate; pacify. |
promulgate |
to explain or give instruction in (a doctrine) in public; advocate. |
rebuff |
to reject, repel, block, or set back. |
solstice |
either of the two times in the year when the sun is furthest from the celestial equator, occurring in June and December. |
speculative |
of, pertaining to, or based on conjecture or theorizing. |
subsume |
to classify, consider, or include (an idea, proposition, or the like) in a more comprehensive or general category or principle. |