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Slides, records, and other ancillaries can be used with the basic textbook.

bad mood

irritable, cranky

bad mood

a feeling of offense or resentment; anger: We left in high dudgeon

bad mood

to feel umbrage at a social snub

beginning/young

a callow youth.

biting (as in wit or temperament)

The cause of her anger did not warrant such asperity.

biting (as in wit or temperament)

severely critical or sarcastic: a caustic remark.

biting (as in wit or temperament)

vigorous; effective; energetic: a trenchant policy of political reform.

boring

unreal; illusory

boring

without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink; bland: a rather insipid soup.

carousal (a noisy or drunken feast or social gathering)

sexually unrestrained

criticize/criticism

to denounce a politician as morally corrupt.

criticize/criticism

repeated diatribes against the senator.

criticize/criticism

to reproach or denounce vehemently

criticize/criticism

criticize/criticism

The candidate mercilessly pilloried his opponent.

criticize/criticism

to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval

death/mourning

gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible

death/mourning

not progressing or advancing; stagnant: a moribund political party.

difficult to understand

dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter: a recondite treatise.

difficult to understand

the turbid waters near the waterfall.

easy to understand

to the point; relevant; pertinent

eccentric/dissimilar

a person who attacks cherished beliefs

embarrass

lack of social grace

equal

His angry speech was tantamount to a declaration of war.

falsehood

He resorted to the worst flattery and chicanery to win the job.

falsehood

to dissemble one's incompetence in business.

falsehood

an ersatz coffee made from grain.

falsehood

crafty or artful deception

forgive

to clear from a charge of guilt or fault

funny

to smile in a silly, self-conscious way

hardhearted

very caustic; scathing: vitriolic criticism

hatred

a person or thing detested or loathed: That subject is anathema to him.

hatred

an object of natural aversion or habitual dislike

hostile

directly opposed or contrasted; opposite

hostile

difficult to work or deal with, as soil

hostile

a  bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person

investigate

to examine or analyze: to assay a situation

investigate

The lookout descried land

lazy/sluggish

a languid manner

lazy/sluggish

the pleasant lassitude of the warm summer afternoon.

lazy/sluggish

nag

He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.

nag

He kept belaboring the point long after we had agreed.

nag

The doctor enjoined a strict diet.

nag

to give urgent advice

pacify/satisfy

to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory

pacify/satisfy

to satisfy to the full