| acrimony |
bitterness or sharpness in speech or behavior. |
| annul |
to make nonexistent or ineffective; cancel. |
| antecedent |
an event, circumstance, or thing coming before another. |
| captious |
inclined to petty criticism; faultfinding. |
| culminate |
to arrive at a climax or conclusion (usually followed by "in"). |
| culvert |
a man-made channel for drainage or the like that passes under a street or other thoroughfare. |
| dispensary |
a room in an institution, such as a hospital, in which medical supplies are kept and given out. |
| dissonant |
not in harmony or agreement; discordant. |
| electorate |
a body of those entitled to participate in an election; qualified voters, as a group. |
| magnanimity |
generosity or willingness to forgive. |
| observable |
able to be seen; visible. |
| spellbind |
to hold fascinated, as by magicl; enchant. |
| stanza |
a group of related lines in a poem that make up one section within the poem. Stanzas often have a regular meter and rhyme pattern. |
| surveillance |
a close watch or observation, especially of a person or group of people under suspicion. |
| veneer |
a superficial outward appearance or show. |