penchant
fondness
surly
rude and bad-tempered
venality
capability of being bribed
assimilate
to make similar
intercede
to mediate on another’s behalf
disparage
to disapprove
dross
something worthless
limpid
transparently clear
derisive
mocking
whet
to sharpen or stimulate
emollient
softening
extol
to praise
torrid
passionate
divest
remove
captious
faultfining
convivial
festive and friendly
manifest
to make clear
vituperation
verbal abuse
tumid
swollen
egregious
bad or offensive
monastic
austere (strict) manner of living; live like monks
transpose
to reverse the order of
bungle
to botch
zealot
a fanatic
aver
assert with confidence
salubrious
healthful
mordicum
a small amount
prattle
to babble
abstemious
sparingly
grouse
to complain
ineffable
inexpressible
feigned
invented
irascible
irritable
rent
an opening made by tearing
parsimonious
frugal
welter
to become entangled
succinct
expressed in few words
svelte
slender
verdant
green with vegetation; inexperienced
equivocal
ambiguous
mince
to euphemize
Contrite
Guilty
atavism
regression
Reeling
Staggering
Deprecate
To Belittle
Fractal
an object or quantity that displays self-similarity on all scales.