| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| extort |
to extract or obtain (money or the like) by force, threats, or abuse of authority. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |