| acrimony |
bitterness or sharpness in speech or behavior. |
| bourgeois |
of, related to, or characteristic of the middle class. |
| deducible |
able to be concluded or inferred from certain facts or principles. |
| laborious |
requiring considerable effort or perseverance. |
| magnate |
someone of exceptional power, wealth, or influence, especially in business. |
| ogle |
to look or stare at (someone) in a lustful or flirtatious manner. |
| posthumous |
beginning, occurring, or continuing after one's death. |
| preeminent |
surpassing others in importance and prominence; foremost. |
| preposterous |
totally unlikely, unbelievable, or senseless; absurd. |
| propitiate |
to overcome the disfavor or distrust of; conciliate; appease. |
| protagonist |
the leading character in a literary work. |
| prude |
someone who is extremely or overly concerned with modesty or proper conduct, speech, dress, or the like. |
| recipient |
one who accepts something that has been sent or given, or one who has been awarded something. |
| vacillate |
to hesitate or waver in giving an opinion or making a decision; be indecisive. |
| visceral |
stemming from instinct or intuition rather than the intellect. |