| acrimony |
bitterness or sharpness in speech or behavior. |
| conciliate |
to overcome the anger, distrust, or animosity of; appease; placate. |
| concourse |
a large open space, as in a railway station, where many people pass or gather. |
| egoism |
the tendency to evaluate everything in relation to one's own interests; self-centeredness. |
| encumbrance |
something or someone that hinders or burdens; impediment. |
| gratuitous |
given or done without sufficient reason or justification; unwarranted. |
| infinitesimal |
of a thing or quantity, too small to be measured or calculated. |
| invalidate |
to deprive a claim of force or effect by negating its factual or legal basis. |
| languish |
to lose strength or energy; weaken. |
| leaven |
to produce fermentation in (dough or batter), consequently causing the dough or batter to rise in the process of baking. |
| montage |
the technique of juxtaposing or superimposing images in a photograph or on motion picture film. |
| revulsion |
violent dislike and disgust; abhorrence; loathing. |
| tenuous |
having little substance, support, or significance; flimsy; weak. |
| unsubstantiated |
lacking the evidence or verification needed to establish as true. |
| wreak |
to carry out or cause. |