acerbic
(adj.) biting, bitter in tone or taste (Jill became extremely acerbic and began to cruelly make fun of all her friends.)
acrimony
(n.) bitterness, discord (Though they vowed that no girl would ever come between them, Biff and Trevor could not keep acrimony from overwhelming their friendship after they both fell in love with the lovely Teresa.)
brusque
(adj.) short, abrupt, dismissive (The captain’s brusque manner offended the passengers.)
*** cacophony (you will need this one for poetry!)
(n.) tremendous noise, disharmonious sound (The elementary school orchestra created a cacophony at the recital.)
capricious
(adj.) subject to whim, fickle (The young girl’s capricious tendencies made it difficult for her to focus on achieving her goals.)
bucolic
(adj) relating to idyllic pastoral county life. (The tourists were in awe of the bucolic scene, with its rich meadows of sugar grass dotted with delicate daisies and sheep grazing lazily.)
eschew
(v.) to shun, avoid (George hates the color green so much that he eschews all green food.)
evanescent
(adj.) fleeting, momentary (My joy at getting promoted was evanescent because I discovered that I would have to work much longer hours in a less friendly office.)
fallacious
(adj.) incorrect, misleading (Emily offered me cigarettes on the fallacious assumption that I smoked.)
fastidious
(adj.) meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards (Mark is so fastidious that he is never able to finish a project because it always seems imperfect to him.)
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