| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Nemesis | an opponent that cannot be beaten or overcome; a source of harm or ruin |
| Inimical | extremely hostile |
| Enmity | mutual hatred |
| Pugilistic | refers to people who fight with their fists |
| Belligerent | agressive or engaged in warfare |
| Miffed | someone who is annoyed or angry over a trivial issue |
| Animosity | bitter hostility or active hatred |
| Antipathy | a strong feeling of aversion or repugnance |
| Malice | a desire to harm others or see them suffer |
| Bellicose | warlike |
| Camaraderie | a light-hearted rapport among friends |
| Gregarious | sociable |
| Affabel | someone who is gracious and approachable; easy to speak to |
| Congenial | agreeable and sympathetic; gracious |
| Simpatico | having like mind or terperament |
| Veneration | respect or reverence, usually for someone older or more experienced |
| Adulation | excessive admiration or flattery |
| Demonstrative | given to open expression of emotion |
| Cohort | any kind of group or band of people; a companion |
| Kudos | the praise one might offer to a friend or to someone of exceptional achievement |
| Resonant | sounding again |
| Sonorous | a full, rich sound; spoken words that are impressive |
| Reverberate | repercussion; striking back |
| Acoustics | the scientific study of sound or to the effect of sound in an enclosed space |
| Timbre | the combination of indefinable qualities of a sound that distinguish it from sounds identical in pitch and volume |
| tintinnabulation | the sound of ringing bells |
| Tinnitis | a persistent ringing or bizzing sound in one or both ears |
| Noisome | unpleasant or dangerous smells |
| Redolent | a good fragrance, an aromatic smell |
| Pungent | sharp smells that may be pleasant or otherwise |
| Odoriferous | having a smell |
| Spat | a brief quarrel |
| Bicker | to quarrel, usually over petty manners |
| Dispute | engage in an artumentative discussion about its validity |
| Squabble | a verbal argument over someting pretty trivial |
| Tussle | a rough struggle |
| Wrangle | a noisy quarrel |
| Contention | the act of striving to win in a competition or debate |
| Altercation | a vehement quarrel, usually verbal |
| Dissent | to disagree or differ in opinion |
| Irreconcilable | impossible to bring into harmony or agreement |
| Juxtapose | Placing items or absractions next to each other for the sake of comparing or contrasting them |
| Contiguous | the condition of sharing an edge or of connecting without a break |
| Proximity | the condition of being physically close |
| Athwart | across |
| Trajectory | a path through space |
| Adjacent | lying close to or next to |
| Periperhy | the outmost area; an area to the side |
| Perpendicular | the formation of a right angle or a line that is vertical |
| Oblique | neither vertical or horizontal but slanting; indirect or downright misleading |
| Catercomer | diagonal |
| Panopoly | a striking or splinded display |
| Coruscate | to sparkle |
| Eclat | great brilliance of performance or the appreciation such a performance might recieve |
| Flamboyant | can be used admiringly for something dashing and colorful in style or can shade over into criticism for that which is overly showy |
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