| acerbic |
sharp, sour, or harsh in manner, tone, or the like. |
| adjoin |
to be next to; border on. |
| dalliance |
a wasting away of time; loitering; dawdling. |
| flaccid |
without firmness; soft; flabby. |
| intimacy |
the condition of being close in friendship or otherwise intimate. |
| laxity |
the state or quality of being careless or slack; looseness. |
| petulance |
the state or quality of being easily or unreasonably irritated, impatient, or ill tempered. |
| propound |
to propose or set forth for consideration. |
| protract |
to extend in time; prolong. |
| reimburse |
to pay back for (expenses or losses incurred). |
| remunerative |
providing or likely to provide payment or reward; profitable. |
| replenish |
to make complete or full again; refill. |
| subsidiary |
assisting or supplementing. |
| tumult |
the noise and commotion of a large crowd; uproar. |
| vignette |
a brief written or musical sketch, or brief film scene, that describes or characterizes a person, incident, situation, or the like. |