Vocabulary

Susurration- the indistinct sound of people whispering

Antagonism- an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility

Contrite- feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

Vicissitude- a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development  of something

Recrimination- mutual accusations

Officious- intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

Ebullience- overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval

Contemptuously- without respect, in a disdainful manner

Immure- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

Pliant- capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out

Pallor- unnatural lack of color in the skin

Mortification- strong feelings of embarrassment

Furtive- secret and sly or sordid

Incredulous- not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving

Strident- unpleasantly loud or harsh

Interpose- be or come between

Decorous- characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct

Enmity- a state of deep-seated ill-will

Effulgence- the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

Swathe- to wrap in swaddling clothes

Loll- to be lazy or idle

Specious- based on pretense; deceptively pleasing

Prominent- having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

Upheaval- a violent disturbance

Proffer- a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection