| Term | Definition |
|---|
| acrimony | n. Bitterness or sharpness of temper, manner, or speech; hostility |
| affinity | n. Attraction for someone or something with which one feels a closeness or kinship |
| ambivalent | adj. Having mixed, often opposing, feelings about something or someone; indecisive |
| cessation | n. A stopping, either final or temporary |
| emaciated | adj. Very thin or wasted away, especially from lack of nourishment; scrawny |
| enclave | n. A distinct region or community enclosed within a larger territory |
| engender | v. To bring into being, to produce |
| exacerbate | v. To make more severe, bitter, or violent |
| illicit | adj. Not allowed, improper, or unlawful |
| indigenous | adj. Naturally living or growing in a certain area; native |
| inexorable | adj. Not to be persuaded, stopped, or moved by entreaty or plea; relentless |
| infatuated | adj. Filled with excessive, shallow, or foolish love or desire |
| insatiable | adj. Never satisfied; greedy |
| poignant | adj. Painfully moving, affecting, or touching |
| proselytize | v. To convert someone to a faith, belief, or cause |
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