| Term | Definition |
|---|
| nemesis | an opponent tha cannot be beaten or overcome; a source of harm or ruin |
| inimical | extremely hostile |
| enmity | deep-seated, often mutual hatred, peace is unlikely |
| pugilistic | people who fight with their fists |
| belligerent | agressive or engaged in warfare |
| miffed | someone who is annoyed or angry over a trivial issue; small spat |
| animosity | bitter hostility or active hatred |
| antipathy | strong feeling of aversion or repugnance |
| malice | desire to harm others or see them suffer; someone who is malicious is deliberately harmful or spiteful |
| bellicose | as hostile as you can get; warlike |
| camarderie | a light-hearted rapport; mutual trust among friends |
| gregarious | sociable; enjoys the company of others |
| affable | gracious and approachable' easy to speak to |
| congenial | agreeable and sympatheric, gracious |
| simpatico | having like mind or temperament; become friends because they share commong interests |
| veneration | respect or reverence; feelings for someone older or more experienced |
| adulation | excessive admiration or flattery |
| demonstrative | given to open expression of emotion; usually demonstrate friendly or loving feelings |
| cohort | any kind of group or band of people |
| kudos | praise one might offer to a friend or to someone of exceptional achievement |
| resonant | sounding again |
| sonorous | full, rich sound; spoken words that are impressive |
| reverberate | whip back; repercussion - striking back |
| acoustic | things that relate to sound; an instrument whose sound is free of electronic effect; acoustics - study of sound or the overall effect of sound in an enclosed space |
| timbre | combination of indefinable qualities of a sound that distinguish it from sounds identical in pitch and volume |
| tintinnabulation | sound of the ringing of bells; tinnitis - persistent ringing or buzzing sound in one or both ears |
| noisome | unpleasant or dangerous smell |
| redolent | good fragrance, an aromatic smell; figuratively for an intangible quality, a memory or aura |
| pungent | sharp smells that may be pleasant or otherwise |
| odoriferous | having a smell |
| spat | brief quarrel, usually fought with a few words |
| bicker | quarrel over petty matters |
| dispute | engage in argumentative discussion about its validity; you debate its truth |
| squabble | verbal argument over something pretty trivial; a bit more noisy than disputes |
| tussle | rough struggle |
| wrangle | contending with words; noisy quarrel |
| contention | act of striving to win in a competition or debate |
| altercation | vehement quarrel; to altercate |
| dissent | to disagree or differ in opinion |
| irreconcilable | impossible to bring into harmony or agreement |
| juxtapose | placing items or abstractions next to each other for the sake of comparing or contrasting them |
| contiguous | sharing an edge or of connecting without a break |
| proximity | being physically close |
| athwart | across |
| trajectory | path through space |
| adjacent | lying close to or next to |
| periphery | outmost area |
| perpendicular | formation of a right angle or a vertical line |
| oblique | slanting; something that is indirect or downright misleading |
| catercorner | diagonal |
| panoply | striking or splendid display |
| coruscate | to sparkle |
| eclat | great brilliance of performance or the appreciation such a performance might recieve |
| flambuoyant | admiringly for something dashing and colorful in style; can shade over into criticism for that which is overly showy |
| sumptuous | things or situations that are lavish, marked by abundance; like to have cost a lot |
| pyrotechnics | display of wit or brilliance in the performing arts |
| burnish | to polish to a high sheen; burnished - shining |
| sybarite | individual whose life is given over to pleasure and luxury |
| iridescent | describes the appearance of a shining spectrum of colors "rainbow" |
| ostentanious | overly showy; pretentious |
| miasma | poisonous atmosphere or influence |
| automaton | a robot, a person that responds in a mechanical way |
| pomp | magnificent or dignified display; used often to describe what occurs at weddings, graduations, etc |
| egregious | outstandingly bad or offensive |
| ululation | howl; wail of lamentation |
| minuscule | very small, tiny |
| attenuate | to reduce in force, value, size, or degree; truncate - to shorten |
| nugatory | of little or no importance |
| recrudescent | revivify or to come back to life after a period of quiet inactivity |
| sallow | of sickly, yellowish color or complexion |
| importune | the making of insistent requests, pleading so often that the person on the receiving end may become irked |
| supplicate | ask in a very humble manner |
| cajole | somtimes teasing and flattery work where begging fails |
| beseech | earnest and humble nature of a request |
| adjure | swearing, the taking of an oath |
| implore | idea of weeping: the person making the request cares so much that he or she is near tears |
| woo | seeking a woman's affections; begging, entreating, seeking an end |
| entreat | ask in a very sincere manner |
| meandicant | fomal term for a begger |
| cadge | begging for money; sponge is a synonym |
| narcissist | people who go too far in "being themselves"; lack empathy for others |
| solipsist | only the self has reality or the possiblility of being verified; synonym for narcissist |
| autocrat | a person whose power and authority have no limit |
| autonomous | something or someone that acts independently |
| autdidact | someone who is self-taught; has not had formal education in a certain field |
| soliloquy | speech given by a character alone on the stage; monolgue is its synonym |
| idiosyncrasy | characteristic of behavior that is limited to one person or group; it may be lovable or annoying |
| recluse | people who choose to live in solitude as much as possible; hermit is synonym |
| renegade | a rebel or outlaw |
| heterodox | opinions that vary from accepted or popular belief |
| cynosure | something or someone that everyone looks at |
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