| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| consternation |
surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| extempore |
without plan or preparation; impromptu or improvised. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| obtrude |
to thrust or force (oneself, one's concerns, or one's opinions) on another or others without being asked. |
| pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |