| affront |
something that is said or done on purpose to be rude or mean. |
| captious |
inclined to petty criticism; faultfinding. |
| cupidity |
exceptional desire for money or other material possessions; greed. |
| emaciated |
extremely thin, as from starvation or disease. |
| entrench |
to establish firmly and unchangeably. |
| execrable |
of very poor quality; extremely inferior. |
| flippant |
disrespectful or indifferent to someone or something worthy of respect; shallowly humorous. |
| harmonious |
characterized by agreement or accord. |
| juxtaposition |
the state of being placed side by side, especially for the purposes of comparison and contrast. |
| pristine |
pure, fresh, or clean as new; unspoiled or unsullied. |
| privation |
lack of necessities or common comforts of life. |
| recount |
to tell a history of events; relate; narrate. |
| 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. |
| uninitiated |
combined form of initiated. |
| vintage |
a class of objects produced during a certain era or year. |