| acrimony |
bitterness or sharpness in speech or behavior. |
| apostate |
a person who abandons his or her religious faith, principles, cause, or the like. |
| cerebral |
characterized by intellect or reason. |
| disavow |
to deny having (knowledge, intention, or the like). |
| enormity |
the quality of surpassing moral limits; offensive or disgraceful character. |
| erudition |
a high level of scholarly knowledge; learnedness. |
| fluency |
the ability to speak or write smoothly and easily in another language. |
| heartrending |
causing or expressing deep sorrow or anguish. |
| incarnate |
having bodily form; personified. |
| menagerie |
a collection of usually wild or exotic animals, or the place where they are exhibited. |
| nepotism |
favoritism shown to a near relative, as in preferential hiring or patronage. |
| nonentity |
someone or something that is insignificant, dull, undistinguished, or unimportant, especially a person. |
| rambunctious |
wildly or uncontrollably active; difficult to control; boisterous. |
| regale |
to entertain or delight, as with humorous tales. |
| vicissitude |
(usually plural) unexpected and unforeseeable changes or shifts, as in one's circumstances. |