| altercation |
a loud or angry argument or quarrel. |
| commodity |
something that can be bought and sold. |
| differentiate |
to distinguish between or among. |
| dissociate |
to sever a mental connection between; separate. |
| fatalism |
a belief or doctrine that the events of life are predetermined and cannot be altered by human free will. |
| gaffe |
a crude social error; blunder; faux pas. |
| gibberish |
written or spoken words that are unintelligible, needlessly obscure, or without coherent meaning. |
| interdependent |
relying on or needing one another. |
| mortify |
to subject (someone) to extreme embarrassment, shame, or humiliation. |
| orator |
a person who delivers a public speech, or one skilled at formal public speaking. |
| provisional |
adopted on a temporary or tentative basis until something permanent is established; conditional. |
| provocation |
the act of inciting or challenging another to react. |
| rancor |
bitter, continuing resentment; hatred. |
| singularity |
an unusual trait or quality. |
| tangent |
a line of discussion leading away from the original topic; digression. |