| acrimonious |
filled with bitterness or rancor. |
| bedizen |
to dress or decorate in a flashy, garish fashion. |
| bivouac |
a temporary encampment, especially military, without protecting shelter. |
| crux |
an essential, basic, crucial, or pivotal point. |
| delude |
to cause to hold a false belief; mislead; deceive. |
| dispassionate |
without strong feeling or bias; calm; impartial. |
| embellishment |
a beautifying decoration or addition. |
| exhilaration |
intense high spirits. |
| garish |
marked by excessive or tasteless color or decoration; gaudy; flashy. |
| patronage |
the financial or other support given to a business establishment by its customers or clients. |
| perceptual |
of, relating to, or involving perception. |
| qualm |
a feeling of guilt or doubt. |
| rebuff |
to reject, repel, block, or set back. |
| shoddy |
of low quality; poorly made or carried out. |
| undercut |
to act so as to lessen the effectiveness or influence of; undermine or thwart. |