| amenity |
(plural) social courtesies; agreeable manners; pleasantries. |
| caustic |
bitingly critical. |
| culmination |
the highest point; zenith; climax. |
| ephemeral |
lasting for only a short period. |
| galvanize |
to stimulate into awareness or activity. |
| girth |
the length around something. |
| insensible |
without normal sensations; unconscious. |
| pique |
to cause (a feeling or action) to be aroused or incited. |
| recapitulate |
to briefly review (the main points) of a spoken or written exchange or communication. |
| replete |
well-supplied; full (usually followed by "with"). |
| schematic |
of, pertaining to, or formed like an outline or diagram. |
| tangent |
a line of discussion leading away from the original topic; digression. |
| vindicate |
to free from an accusation, suspicion, or doubt by indisputable proof. |
| volatile |
rapidly changeable, especially tending to become violent. |
| wrangle |
to win or obtain by quarreling. |