- Intersperse: to break the flow of sth
- bucolic: of or relating to the country side
- churlish: rude, impolite
- exacerbate: making sth much worsen
- paradigm: standard example
- reversion: a return to the same position
- stratagem: an individual maneuver in a game
- tourniquet: a bandage to stop the bleeding esp by applying pressure
- travesty: a comedy intended to make mockery of something
- ubiquitous: present everywhere(appears to be)
- unfounded: not based on facts
- untenable: unable to be believed
- verdant: full of green
- veritable: true(used to intensify) ,often to qualify metaphor