| ambivalence |
the presence of conflicting feelings, such as love and hate, toward a person, thing, or situation. |
| bonanza |
anything that brings great wealth and prosperity. |
| censure |
to criticize or condemn. |
| commodity |
something that can be bought and sold. |
| curvature |
the condition of being bent or rounded. |
| gratuitous |
given or done without sufficient reason or justification; unwarranted. |
| havoc |
ruin or devastation. |
| importune |
to pester with insistent demands or requests. |
| insolence |
rude or impudent behavior or speech. |
| maladjustment |
an inability to bring one's own needs into harmony with the demands of the external environment. |
| nonentity |
someone or something that is insignificant, dull, undistinguished, or unimportant, especially a person. |
| Philistine |
(sometimes lower case) one who is ignorant of, smugly indifferent to, or hostile to aesthetic and cultural values. |
| remit |
to refrain from carrying out; cancel. |
| soliloquy |
an act of talking or a speech by one who is, or is considered to be, alone. |
| stratagem |
a plan or trick to deceive, surprise, or outwit an opponent, especially as a military maneuver. |