| egotism |
excessive self-promotion; boastfulness or conceitedness. |
| exhilaration |
intense high spirits. |
| flagrant |
exceptionally or glaringly noticeable. |
| galvanize |
to stimulate into awareness or activity. |
| incognito |
in disguise; under a false identity. |
| intransigent |
refusing to alter an idea or a position in response to others' wishes; uncompromising. |
| mendacious |
untruthful. |
| mollify |
to ease or soothe the anger or emotion of; make calmer; appease. |
| purge |
to free or rid (usually followed by "of" or "from"). |
| regenerate |
to grow (new tissue or parts) to replace lost or injured tissue or parts. |
| remonstrance |
the act or an instance of protesting or objecting. |
| repercussion |
(usually plural) a result or effect of an action or event, often occurring indirectly or unexpectedly. |
| ruffian |
one who is tough and violent; bully; thug. |
| tenet |
any belief, opinion, doctrine, or the like, that a person or especially an organization holds as being true. |
| underrate |
to value or appreciate insufficiently; underestimate. |