| Term | Definition |
|---|
| affront | noun-a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect; intentional slight; insult |
| fortuitous | adj.-happening or produced by chance; accidental |
| impertinent | adj. intrusive or presumptuous, as persons or their actions; insolently rude; uncivil, not pertinent or relevant; irrelevant |
| maudlin | adj. tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental: foolishly or mawkishly sentimental because of drunkenness |
| paroxysm | n. any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: |
| propitiation | n. the act of making favorably inclined; conciliateing. |
| reproach | v. to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure. |
| subterfuge | n.deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| supercilious | adj. coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| trepidation | n. timorous uncertain agitation : apprehension |
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