| abhorrence |
a feeling of complete loathing, repulsion, or horror. |
| caustic |
bitingly critical. |
| climactic |
pertaining to, reaching, or being the point of highest interest or intensity in a series of increasingly important points or events. |
| forestall |
to prevent or hinder by taking action beforehand. |
| frenetic |
frantic; frenzied. |
| gender |
the sex of a person or animal. |
| gibe |
a mocking or derisive comment. |
| humbug |
something without substance or meaning, such as an idea or argument; nonsense. |
| pernicious |
having a very harmful or fatal effect; injurious, deadly, or destructive. |
| pillage |
to openly and forcefully seize goods from, as during a war; plunder. |
| pinnacle |
the highest point or part of anything; apex; summit. |
| protean |
easily changing form or character; variable or versatile. |
| recurrence |
an act or instance of happening or appearing again or repeatedly. |
| revert |
to return to a previous state, practice, belief, or the like. |
| simultaneous |
existing, happening, or done at the same time. |