Blanch
Drain of color, to become pale or pallid
Bombastic
Pretentious, lacking in humility
Conflate
Combine, fuse
Brandish
To shake or wave in a menacing manner
Brusque
Rough, abrupt
Burgeon
Grow rapidly
Cantankerous
Bad-tempered
Choleric
Irascible, easily angered
Fractious
Unruly
OR
Readily angered, irritable
Factious
Divisive
Capacious
Spacious, roomy
Rapacious
Greedy
Circuitous
Indirect
Circumscribe
Restrict, limit
Circumspect
Careful, cautious
Compendium
Summary
Compendious
Succinct, concise
OR
Comprehensive
Epitome
Summary
OR
Perfect example
Capitulate
Surrender
Epiphany
Sudden revelation
Epitaph
Engraving on a gravestone
Crux
Basic critical point, purport
Audacity
Boldness, daring OR Effrontery, shamelessly bold OR Temerity, reckless boldness
Corroborate
Support with evidence