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Acerbic

Sharp, biting, sarcastic, caustic, trenchant

Animosity

Hostility, hatred, antipathy, enmity, resentment

Beleaguer

Harass, plague, beset, trouble, badger

Contempt

, disdain, derision, disrespect, antipathy

Cynical

Skeptical, distrustful, pessimistic, mocking, scornful

Discrepant

Different, inconsistent, contradictory, varying, divergent

Edifying

Instructive, educational, enlightening, uplifting, moralizing

Espousing

Supporting, advocating, embracing, adopting, championing

Galvanize

Stir, rouse, excite, stimulate, motivate

Jurisprudence

Law, legal system, body of law, legal philosophy

Mendacious

Lying, dishonest, untruthful, deceptive, false

Naïve

Innocent, unsophisticated, ingenuous, gullible, artless

Parochial

Narrow-minded, provincial, insular, limited, local

Peripheral

Outer, marginal, secondary, minor, incidental

Portent

Omen, sign, forewarning, indication, presage

Profundity

Depth, insight, wisdom, sagacity, significance

Respite

Rest, break, pause, relief, lull

Spurn

Reject, scorn, disdain, refuse, dismiss

Treachery

Betrayal, disloyalty, perfidy, deceit, infidelity

Vulgarity

Coarseness, crudeness, indecency, offensiveness, tastelessness