| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| ensconce |
to position (oneself) firmly or comfortably. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |