Advanced Word Power: Chapter 8-9
diatribe
a bitter, abusively critical speech or piece of writing; denunciation
infraction
a breaking of a law or rule
edifice
a building; especially of large, imposing size
paucity
a scarcity; a insufficiency
censure
blame; a rebuke
opaque
difficult to understand or explain; obscure; incomprehensible
irascible
easily angered; irritable
affable
friendly; easy to get along with
cacophony
harsh; discordant sounds
garbled
mixed up to such an extend as to be misleading or incomprehensible
desultory
moving from one thing to another in an unplanned way
aprocryphal
of doubtful authenticity: not genuine
accolade
praise
gravity
severity; weighty importance
profane
showing disrespect or contempt for sacred things; irrverent
obtuse
slow to understand; dull
somber
solemn; sad and depressing; melancholy
assuage
to relieve; lessen
recapitulate
to summarize or repeat briefly
loquacious
very talkative