Agitate
Verb
1. to attempt to arouse public feeling
E.g. if I talk about the problem with him it just agitates him even more.
Gibber
Verb
1. to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and often foolishly
E.g. what are they gibbering about now?
Chastened
Verb
1. to correct by punishment or suffering
E.g. chastened the child with five minutes of sitting in the corner.
Gracious
Adjective
1. obsolete
E.g. thank you for your gracious hospitality.
Civility
Noun
1. training in the humanities
E.g. they greeted each other with the usual exchange of civilities.
Gracious
Adjective
1. marked by kindness and courtesy
E.g. the magazine promotes gracious living.
Grievance
Noun
1. suffering, distress
E.g. he has a deep sense of grievance against his former employer.
Puzzle
Verb
1. to offer or represent to (as a person) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve
E.g. the cause of the accident has puzzled investigators.
Conscious
Adjective
1. perceiving, apprehending, or noticing with a degree of controlled thought or observation
E.g. is the patient conscious yet?
Tiresome
Adjective
1. wearisome, tedious
E.g. all those stories about his childhood can become tiresome after a while.
Abominably
Adjective
1. worthy of or causing disgust or hatred
E.g. it was an abominable crime.
Impertinent
Adjective
1. not pertinent
E.g. she asked a few impertinent questions.
Satisfaction
Noun
1. the payment through penance of the temporal punishment incurred by a sin
E.g. he gets great satisfaction from volunteering.
Congregation
Noun
1. an assembly of persons
E.g. the priest addressed the congregation.
Lecturer
Noun
1. a discourse given before an audience or class especially for instruction
E.g. she's planning to give a series of lectures on modern art.
Worship
1. a person of importance
E.g. On the island the people worshipped different gods.
Standard
Noun
1. a conspicuous object (as a banner) formerly carried at the top of a pole and used to mark a rallying point especially in battle or to serve as an emblem
E.g. by modern standards, the house is just too small.
Taint
Verb
1. to contaminate morally
E.g. criticism of her sister's singing that was tainted by envy.
Frigid
Adjective
1. intensely cold
E.g. the frigid gusts of wind stung their faces.
Incommode
Verb
1. to give inconvenience or distress to
E.g. the innkeeper tried to hide how much the request incommoded them.
Chapel
Noun
1. a subordinate or private place of worship
E.g. the college has its own chapel.
Procession
Noun
1. a group of individuals moving along in an orderly often ceremonial way
E.g. there was a procession of children carrying candles.
Vexatious
Adjective
1. difficult to deal with and causing a lot of anger, worry, or argument
E.g. this settlement will resolve one of the most vexatious problems in the field of industrial relations.
Aggressive
Adjective
1. tending toward or exhibiting aggression
E.g. he started to get aggressive and began to shout.
Opponent
Noun
1. one that takes an opposite position
E.g. leading opponents of the proposed cuts in defence spending will meet later today.
