| affront |
something that is said or done on purpose to be rude or mean. |
| commodity |
something that can be bought and sold. |
| condescend |
to act as if one were of superior rank or station, treating others as inferior; patronize. |
| erudition |
a high level of scholarly knowledge; learnedness. |
| fecund |
capable of producing abundant fruit or offspring; fruitful; fertile. |
| limbo1 |
(often capitalized) in theology, a place neither in heaven nor hell for souls neither saved nor condemned, such as those of unbaptized infants. |
| mediocre |
of average to poor quality; ordinary. |
| noxious |
harmful, dangerous, or destructive, especially to health. |
| pallor |
unnatural lack of color, especially of the face. |
| parody |
a humorous imitation in print, music, or performance of a serious person, work of art, or publication. |
| propagate |
to reproduce (offspring) or cause to reproduce. |
| proponent |
one who proposes or favors an idea, doctrine, course of action, or the like. |
| reaffirm |
to verify by asserting again. |
| subversive |
tending or intended to undermine or cause the overthrow of an established authority, especially a national government. |
| tumult |
the noise and commotion of a large crowd; uproar. |