| cohort |
(often derogatory) a friend or associate. |
| condole |
to express sympathy or sorrow for one suffering misfortune or pain. |
| discrete |
separate and distinct. |
| felicitous |
well-suited or apt; very appropriate. |
| foretaste |
a partial, advance experience or realization of something that will come or happen in the future. |
| irony |
a manner of using language so that it conveys a different or opposite meaning to that which is literally expressed in the words themselves. Irony is used in ordinary conversation and also as a literary technique, especially to express criticism or to produce humor or pathos. |
| miff |
to cause (someone) to become annoyed; offend. |
| missive |
a message in writing; letter. |
| ostracism |
an exclusion or rejection, as from a social group. |
| piquant |
of food, having a deliciously sharp or spicy taste. |
| prurient |
characterized by or causing lewdness or lust. |
| redolent |
suggesting or recalling (usually followed by "of"). |
| solicit |
to try to obtain (business, recruits, donations, help, or the like) by persuasion, formal request, or pleading. |
| stoic |
showing little or no reaction to painful or pleasant experiences; unmoved; impassive. |
| tirade |
a long, forceful, or angry speech, often critical or denunciatory in nature; harangue. |