| acrimony |
bitterness or sharpness in speech or behavior. |
| amenable |
willing to respond, agree, or submit; agreeable; pliable. |
| bifurcation |
the act or result of dividing into two branches, or the state of being so divided. |
| covet |
to wish to have very much; envy. |
| deprave |
to change for the worse, especially morally; corrupt; pervert. |
| diminutive |
very small; tiny. |
| dissimilar |
not alike; different. |
| mutable |
able or likely to change. |
| pessimist |
one who usually expects a bad outcome. |
| prescriptive |
that prescribes; setting down rules. |
| prodigious |
inspiring wonder and admiration; marvelous. |
| stigmatize |
to label or brand as disgraceful or shameful. |
| tenacious |
holding on or tending to hold on strongly or persistently (sometimes followed by "of"). |
| ulterior |
beyond or excluded from what is openly admitted or shown, especially when concealed for the purposes of deception. |
| viscous |
having an adhesive, gluey consistency that resists flow. |