| caustic |
bitingly critical. |
| comparative |
measured or estimated by comparison; relative. |
| disconsolate |
hopelessly unhappy; dejected. |
| marauder |
one who raids or invades in order to plunder. |
| mortify |
to subject (someone) to extreme embarrassment, shame, or humiliation. |
| objectivity |
the quality of being unbiased or without prejudice. |
| ostracism |
an exclusion or rejection, as from a social group. |
| pique |
to cause (a feeling or action) to be aroused or incited. |
| prototype |
an original model on which later stages or forms are based or developed. |
| prudery |
the state, quality, or characteristic of being overly concerned with modest or proper conduct, speech, dress, or the like. |
| pummel |
to strike heavily with or as if with the fists, a sword, a club, or the like; beat. |
| recurrent |
happening again or repeatedly. |
| superimpose |
to set or lay on top of or above something. |
| unexceptionable |
without flaw or fault; beyond objection or criticism. |
| vertigo |
a sensation of unsteadiness or dizziness, such that one's surroundings seem to be whirling around. |