| caricature |
a depiction, in a drawing or verbal description, that deliberately exaggerates or distorts some features of the person or thing represented to produce a comic or grotesque appearance. |
| clime |
in literary use, a region of the earth, or the typical weather conditions thereof. |
| comely |
pleasing in appearance. |
| complacent |
too satisfied with oneself or one's situation. |
| eddy |
to move or turn in circles or eddies. |
| facilitate |
to make less difficult; help in the doing of. |
| maul |
to hurt by beating or through other rough treatment. |
| naysayer |
a person who refuses, denies, or opposes, especially because of cynicism or pessimism. |
| pariah |
a despised or socially outcast person. |
| recumbent |
lying down; reclining. |
| ricochet |
to bounce or skip off a surface at an angle; rebound. |
| scuttle2 |
to move or run as if in a hurry; scurry. |
| semblance |
outward form; appearance. |
| surveillance |
a close watch or observation, especially of a person or group of people under suspicion. |
| tenure |
the period of holding or possessing something. |