| acrimony |
bitterness or sharpness in speech or behavior. |
| bilk |
to defraud or swindle, especially by avoiding due or promised payment. |
| discrepancy |
lack of agreement; difference; inconsistency. |
| inviolate |
not broken, disturbed, or profaned; pure or intact. |
| leaven |
to produce fermentation in (dough or batter), consequently causing the dough or batter to rise in the process of baking. |
| literal |
in accordance with the ordinary, exact, or primary meaning of a word or words; not figurative or metaphorical. |
| myriad |
of or constituting a great but unspecified number; numberless. |
| personable |
pleasing in appearance or manner; friendly; attractive. |
| preponderance |
superiority in amount, strength, significance, weight, or the like. |
| probity |
proven trustworthiness; honesty; integrity. |
| prodigy |
a person, especially a young one, of exceptional talent or ability. |
| sophistry |
a subtle, deceptive method of reasoning or arguing, involving statements that sound plausible but are actually false or fallacious. |
| unworldly |
lacking sophistication; naive; provincial. |
| vestige |
a visible trace or sign of something no longer present or existing. |
| wrangle |
to win or obtain by quarreling. |