| cacophonous |
characterized by a discordant, sometimes unpleasant, mixture of sounds. |
| clemency |
the inclination to be merciful or forgiving; leniency. |
| denude |
to strip bare; remove covering from. |
| enigma |
something puzzling, contradictory, or mysterious; something for which a solution cannot be found. |
| exhort |
to advise, urge, or incite with great seriousness. |
| finicky |
exceptionally fussy or hard to satisfy. |
| fragmentary |
consisting of fragments; incomplete or disconnected. |
| heretic |
a person who maintains unorthodox religious opinions or beliefs, especially a baptized Roman Catholic who dissents from official church doctrine. |
| kindred |
a group of related people, such as a tribe or clan. |
| matriarch |
a woman who acts as head of a family, tribe, or other group of people. |
| profiteer |
a person who gains excessive profits, especially by selling scarce commodities at very high prices. |
| recluse |
a person who lives in voluntary isolation from others. |
| temperament |
the manner of thinking, feeling, and acting that is characteristic of a particular person or animal. |
| unyielding |
hard; firm; resistant to pressure or force. |
| vignette |
a brief written or musical sketch, or brief film scene, that describes or characterizes a person, incident, situation, or the like. |