| acerbic |
sharp, sour, or harsh in manner, tone, or the like. |
| artifice |
a shrewd or clever trick. |
| bevy |
a group of birds or other animals, especially quail or larks. |
| dignitary |
one who holds a high office or rank. |
| epigram |
a short, pithy, often paradoxical sentence. |
| fluctuate |
to vary or change irregularly; rise and fall. |
| illicit |
not permitted by custom or law; illegitimate. |
| imbue |
to inspire or permeate, as with an idea or emotion; deeply influence. |
| indigenous |
being the people or animals that originally lived and may continue to live in a particular country or region. |
| iniquity |
great injustice or wickedness. |
| insensible |
without normal sensations; unconscious. |
| landlocked |
without any access to the sea. |
| maul |
to hurt by beating or through other rough treatment. |
| quiescent |
in a state of inaction or rest; dormant. |
| refraction |
the bending of rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like when passed obliquely from one medium to another with a different rate of transmission. |