dunlapwork

Enmity

ill-will

Interpose

to intrude; to go between

Strident

harsh and loud

Immured

walled in

Gesticulate

to gesture with one's hands

Officious

offering unwanted help or advice

Recrimination

an accusation made in retaliation

Capering

playful leaping or dancing

Inscrutable

not easily understood

Vicissitude

a change or variation in the course of something

Contrite

sincerely sorry for shortcomings

Tacit

unspoken but implied

Appalled

horrified or disgusted

Blatant

completely obvious or offensive

Incursion

a hostile entry into a territory

Myriad

a great number; innumerable

Swarthy

dark in complexion

Balm

a healing agent

Effigy

a crude representation of someone disliked

Expansive

free and open; unrestrained

Decorum

proper manners and good taste

Discursive

rambling

Tremulously

trembling with fear or nervousness

Glower

to stare with anger

Impervious

incapable of being influenced

Bravado

a showy display of courage

Emphatic

expressed clearly and forcibly

Embroiled

involved deeply in conflict

Diffidently

shyly

Bastion

a stronghold or defense

Flourish

to wave around for attention

Pall

a gloomy atmosphere

Demure

shy and modest

Corpulent

fat

Assimilate

to absorb and fully understand

Derision

ridicule

Myopia

nearsightedness; narrow-mindedness

Propitiate

to appease

Truculently

aggressively hostile

Ululation

howling or wailing

Ensconce

to settle securely or snugly

Cordon

to blockade or surround

Crepitation

crackling sound

Cessation

a stopping or pause

Essay

to attempt

Sententiously

moralizing excessively

Demoralize

to destroy morale

Insolence

rude or disrespectful behavior

Subordinate

to treat as lesser

Earnest

serious in purpose or effort

Untrammeled

unrestrained

Auspicious

promising success

Brazen

boldly shameless

Compulsive

acting on irresistible urges

Deference

respectful submission

Misgive

to be apprehensive

Advocate

to publicly support

Degrade

to treat with disrespect

Relegate

to demote or downgrade

Estrangement

state of being alienated

Existential

relating to existence

Anarchy

disorder due to lack of authority

Taciturn

reserved or uncommunicative

Enumerate

to list

Implacable

unable to be appeased

Odious

extremely unpleasant

Mete

to measure or distribute

Consummate

perfect or complete

Liaison

secret connection; communicator

Plausible

seeming likely or reasonable

Doddering

shaky or feeble with age

Execrate

to hate or detest deeply

Edify

to improve morally or intellectually

Score

a group of twenty

Perpetual

never-ending

Hysteria

uncontrolled emotion

Tirade

long angry speech

Adamant

stubborn

Undeterred

not discouraged

Deportment

behavior or conduct

Pretense

a false show

Perverse

stubbornly doing wrong

Transgress

to violate a rule

Disdain

to look down on

Whence

from what place

Furbish

to polish or restore

Flout

to mock or scorn

Trifle

something insignificant

Surmise

to guess

Surfeit

an excess

Marshal

to arrange or lead orderly

Tenacious

holding firmly

Bulwark

a defensive wall

Endue

to endow or equip

Malediction

a curse

Paradox

a seemingly contradictory truth

Ebb

to decline or fade away

Visionary

someone with foresight

Mirthlessly

joylessly

Atheist

one who does not believe in God