| caustic |
bitingly critical. |
| confound |
to perplex or bewilder; confuse. |
| deference |
respect for and submission to the desires, opinions, or judgments of another. |
| desirous |
having a wish or a longing for something. |
| fecund |
capable of producing abundant fruit or offspring; fruitful; fertile. |
| infectious |
able to be given to others by infection. |
| iridescent |
emitting or reflecting a lustrous play of colors covering the spectrum, like a rainbow. |
| peruse |
to read or examine attentively and in detail. |
| recession1 |
a period of reduced or declining economic activity. |
| recourse |
that which may be turned to for assistance, protection, or a way out of a difficult situation. |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| relegate |
to send or consign to a condition, place, or position of lesser importance or esteem. |
| reproof |
an act or statement of disapproval. |
| superfluous |
being beyond a sufficient amount; excessive. |
| transcendent |
going beyond the ordinary; surpassing; extraordinary. |