| acrid |
bitter in taste or smell; sharply irritating. |
| aristocracy |
a class of people who have a high social position because of the family they are born into. Members of the aristocracy are usually richer and have more privileges than other members of society. |
| dogmatic |
asserting beliefs and opinions as though they were proven facts. |
| flaunt |
to display ostentatiously; show off. |
| gaffe |
a crude social error; blunder; faux pas. |
| inestimable |
of value or worth that cannot be measured; invaluable. |
| intercede |
to act as a mediator in a dispute or disagreement. |
| juxtapose |
to bring together for the purpose of side-by-side comparison or contrast. |
| magnanimous |
having or showing a generous, forgiving, or noble nature. |
| odious |
provoking or deserving of hatred; loathsome or repellent. |
| presentiment |
an intuition or sense of something about to happen; foreboding. |
| putative |
widely thought to be such; reputed; supposed. |
| quell |
to overpower or suppress with force; put down; quash. |
| synopsis |
a short statement giving an overview, the main principles, or the sequence of events of a narrative, argument, article, or the like; summary; abstract. |
| tortuous |
changing direction frequently; twisting, winding, or crooked, as a path. |