| acrimonious |
filled with bitterness or rancor. |
| contention |
a point asserted in argument or debate. |
| contrive |
to plan in a clever way; invent. |
| culmination |
the highest point; zenith; climax. |
| dissipate |
to cause to disappear by, or as though by, dispersing or dissolving. |
| eccentricity |
an odd or peculiar behavior, habit, interest, or the like. |
| gargantuan |
(sometimes capitalized) of enormous proportions; huge; gigantic. |
| impassive |
not having, showing, or responding to emotion; unfeeling, expressionless, or insensitive. |
| penitent |
feeling or showing sorrow or regret for having done wrong. |
| premonition |
an advance sign or warning; forewarning. |
| progenitor |
an ancestor or forebear. |
| sobriety |
abstinence from alcohol; temperance. |
| ulterior |
beyond or excluded from what is openly admitted or shown, especially when concealed for the purposes of deception. |
| uncouth |
lacking manners or refinement; rude, vulgar, or gauche. |
| vicarious |
experienced through imagined participation in someone else's actions, sufferings, or the like. |