| acrid |
bitter in taste or smell; sharply irritating. |
| duplicity |
deceitful speech or action. |
| emaciated |
extremely thin, as from starvation or disease. |
| empirical |
based on or verifiable by experience or experiment, rather than on or by theory. |
| evanescent |
tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing; fleeting. |
| evoke |
to call forth or bring out (an image, memory, response, or the like) in the mind or in action. |
| indisposed |
slightly and temporarily ill, as with indigestion or a cold. |
| ingest |
to take in to the body through the mouth. |
| laborious |
requiring considerable effort or perseverance. |
| largess |
liberality in giving, especially money, and often with an implication of the giver's superiority. |
| manifold |
abundant and varied. |
| nebulous |
hazy, confused, or indistinct. |
| oratory1 |
the art of public speaking. |
| peevish |
irritable or easily annoyed; ill-tempered. |
| sedition |
actions or speech intended or serving to create rebellion against a government. |