| adulation |
extreme or excessive praise. |
| altercation |
a loud or angry argument or quarrel. |
| amalgamate |
to combine or blend into a single unit. |
| captious |
inclined to petty criticism; faultfinding. |
| cosmic |
of or relating to the universe. |
| exigent |
requiring immediate attention; urgent or critical. |
| ferocity |
the quality or state of being cruelly savage or fierce. |
| foretaste |
a partial, advance experience or realization of something that will come or happen in the future. |
| homogeneous |
having all parts of the same or a similar type. |
| laud |
to praise. |
| neutrality |
the foreign policy of a nation that refuses to take sides in an international dispute. |
| patronage |
the financial or other support given to a business establishment by its customers or clients. |
| pliable |
easily bent; flexible; malleable. |
| susceptible |
easily influenced or impressed (usually followed by "to"). |
| tantamount |
equal to or the same as; equivalent. |