| accost |
to confront and speak first to, often aggressively. |
| fractious |
inclined to be irritable and quarrelsome; cranky. |
| homogeneous |
having all parts of the same or a similar type. |
| hoodwink |
to trick, deceive, or dupe. |
| notoriety |
the condition or quality of being widely known or spoken of, especially for something that is not good. |
| onus |
an unwanted but necessary task; burden. |
| peevish |
irritable or easily annoyed; ill-tempered. |
| populace |
the people who live in a particular place. |
| proletarian |
of, pertaining or belong to, or characteristic of the working class, especially laborers who lack capital. |
| provisional |
adopted on a temporary or tentative basis until something permanent is established; conditional. |
| referent |
anything in the real world or in the imagination that is symbolized or referred to by a word or other symbol. |
| remit |
to refrain from carrying out; cancel. |
| retaliate |
to strike back; take revenge. |
| reverberation |
the continuation of a sound after the source of the sound has been cut off. |
| tenuous |
having little substance, support, or significance; flimsy; weak. |