| accost |
to confront and speak first to, often aggressively. |
| acolyte |
a person who assists a clergyman in religious services, especially Roman Catholic. |
| acrimony |
bitterness or sharpness in speech or behavior. |
| anathema |
something or someone despised or cursed. |
| fanaticism |
excessive or unreasonable enthusiasm or support for something. |
| hoodwink |
to trick, deceive, or dupe. |
| informant |
one who reports or confides what he or she knows to another; source. |
| mores |
the behaviors and manners accepted and expected in a social group, embodying its fundamental moral standards. |
| neutrality |
the foreign policy of a nation that refuses to take sides in an international dispute. |
| overweening |
particularly forward, vain, and self-promoting. |
| pervade |
to spread or be present everywhere in. |
| progeny |
a descendant, or descendants collectively; offspring. |
| promenade |
a leisurely walk, especially in a public place. |
| renounce |
to give up (a right or claim) usually by formal declaration or announcement; waive. |
| supercilious |
showing an arrogant disregard, as a look, manner, or person. |