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officious
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intrusive in a meddling or annoying manner
extrapolate
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to predict future outcomes based on available information
row
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an angry dispute
countermand
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it is an order that cancels or reverses an earlier command
abrogate
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1. to end a law, agreement or custom formally 2. evade(a responsibility or duty)
splenetic
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bad tempered, spiteful
bastardization
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an act that debases or corrupts
palaver
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talk unproductively and at length
cataclysm
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an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
despot
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a cruel and oppressive leader
lachrymose
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tearful, inducing tears
adjudicate
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1. to serve as a judge in a competition 2. to arrive at a judgement or conclusion
diminutive
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to indicate smallness
trenchant
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sharply worded, vigorous and incisive in expression
ebullient
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joyously unrestrained
chauvinism
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hamara group better hai vali feeling
infelicitous
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inappropriate
veritable
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something that is veritable is true or at least feels that way, eg: veritable wonderland, usually used to enhance the word that follows it
pillory
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expose to public ridicule
sardonic
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scornful and mocking in a humorous way
capitulate
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surrender under agreed conditions
ineluctable
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inescapable
eponym
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people after which something is named; the name which is derived from a person's name
raillery
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light teasing
canard
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deliberately misleading fabrication

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