Acrimonious

Definition: caustic, biting, rancorous

Synonyms: acerbic, churlish, cranky, indignant

Affinity

Definition: a likeness, a natural relationship, a kinship

Synonyms: closeness, fondness, partiality, rapport

Buttress

Definition: a support or prop

Synonyms: abutment, prop, reinforcement, stanchion

Circumspect

Definition: careful to consider consequences, cautious, prudent

Synonyms: chary, wary

Conflagration

Definition: a large fire

Synonyms: blaze, inferno

Dearth

Definition: a lack, a scarcity

Synonyms: paucity

Empirical

Definition: based on observation or esperiment and not on theory

Synonyms: experiential, factual, pragmatic

Enmity

Definiton: absolute hatred; animosity

Synonyms: animus, antagonism, antipathy, hostility, rancor

Erotic

Definition: foreign, unfamiliar

Guile

Definition: deceitfulness, duplicity

Synonyms: artifice, chicanery, cunning, deception, ruse, treachery

Haughty

Definition: arrogant, excessively proud and vain

Synonyms: disdainful, high-handed, insolent, lordly, supercilious

Inscrutable

Definition: difficult to understand; mysterious

Synonyms: ambiguous, arcane, enigmatic, sphinxlike, unfathomable

Malice

Definition: desire to harm others; malevolence

Synonyms: malignity, spite, spleen

Morose

Definiton: being sullen or gloomy

Synonyms: crabbed, glum, saturnine, sulky, surly

Perfunctory

Defintion: acting routinely with little interest or care

Synonyms: cursory, impersonal, lackadaisical, routine, superficial

Proliferation

Defintion: an increase in number, multiplication

Synonyms: expansion, spreading

Redolent

Defintion: exuding fragrance, aromatic; evocative, suggestive

Synonyms: ambrosial, fragrant, odoriferous, pungent, scented

Sycophant

Defintion: a self-serving flatterer, a brownnoser

Synonyms: leech, sponge, toady

Synthesis

Definition: combining parts into a whole

Synonyms: amalgamation, caolescence, composite, compound, fusion, integration, unification

Veractiy

Definition: devotion to the truth

Synonyms: truthfulness, accuracy, correctness