Words

ask humbly and earnestly

a bitter and abusive speech or writing

make more severe; aggravate

lamentable; miserable

cease to act; stop

a proposition or circumstance that seems contradictory but that is in some way or sense true.

an adjective whose purpose is to characterize, rather than simply to describe, the noun it modifies.

random; without reason

too pleased with oneself; smug

marked by careful attention

refuse to have anything to do with; disown

be proof of; manifest

having a distaste for

scold severely

rapidly and often superficially performed; hasty