| acrimonious |
filled with bitterness or rancor. |
| adulation |
extreme or excessive praise. |
| buoyancy |
the capacity to float or rise to the top in a liquid or gas. |
| burlesque |
a book, play, skit, or the like that mocks something by comically treating it with inappropriate seriousness or levity. |
| contentious |
inclined to argue; quarrelsome; belligerent. |
| delectable |
extremely pleasing to the taste; delicious. |
| facet |
one of the small, flat, polished surfaces of a cut gem. |
| fervid |
heated or impassioned; intensely enthusiastic. |
| invertebrate |
without a backbone |
| jocose |
inclined to joke; jovial; merry. |
| lethal |
intended to cause or capable of causing death or extreme harm; deadly. |
| paradox |
a statement that contradicts or seems to contradict itself, yet often expresses a truth, such as "Less is more". |
| problematic |
presenting difficulties or causing doubt; questionable. |
| stature |
relative status as measured by skill or achievement; reputation. |
| vindicate |
to free from an accusation, suspicion, or doubt by indisputable proof. |