| acrimony |
bitterness or sharpness in speech or behavior. |
| auxiliary |
serving as an extra means of support; additional. |
| buttress |
a structure built to give support to the outside of a building or a wall. |
| distill |
to subject (a substance) to heat to the point of vaporization, and then to cooling to produce condensation. |
| echelon |
a level of authority or rank, as in an organization. |
| ignoble |
of low or dishonorable character; contemptible. |
| portly |
rather fat; stout. |
| poseur |
one who adopts an affected attitude or manner in order to impress others. |
| premeditate |
to consider, plan, or arrange in advance. |
| preoccupy |
to absorb the entire time or attention of. |
| prescience |
knowledge of future occurrences; foreknowledge. |
| purge |
to free or rid (usually followed by "of" or "from"). |
| replete |
well-supplied; full (usually followed by "with"). |
| repressive |
acting or tending to restrain or subdue. |
| unfeigned |
not pretended or false; genuine; sincere. |