- acerbic: (especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright.
- afore: (archaic) before.
- ameliorate: make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.
- castigate: reprimand someone severely. ♡
- cordwainer: a shoemaker who makes new shoes from new leather.
- discursive: moving from topic to topic without order.
- genuflect: to touch the knee to the ground, especially in worship, or (metaphorically) to show deference or servility.
- husky: (adj., of a person) muscular and heavily built.
- improvident: not having or showing foresight; spendthrift or thoughtless.
- lambent: softly radiant. ♡ see also: "lambent wit: the ability to use words in a clever and humorous way without being unkind."
- lascivious: feeling or revealing an overt and often offensive sexual desire.
- profligate: recklessly wasteful or extravagant.
- ragamuffin: a person, typically a child, in ragged, dirty clothes. (also a breed of domestic cat)
- rankle: to continue to be painful; fester.
- riven: violently divided. ♡
- self-abnegation: the denial or abasement of oneself.
- slipshod: characterized by a lack of care, thought, or organization.
- venal: showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery.
- vesper: an evening prayer, service, or hymn; an archaic word for evening. ♡
- waspish: irritable and inclined to bite.
- wildcatter: a prospector who sinks exploratory oil wells.
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