TKAM Vocabulary

a government in which a single person assumes absolutely control

• tyranny

• formidable

• fatalistic

• contentious

uneasiness about the fitness of an action

• asinine

• temerity

• qualm

• grudging

humorously sarcastic or mocking

• irascible

• asinine

• formidable

• wry

devoid of intelligence; stupid

• candid

• fatalistic

• asinine

• acrimonious

lacking refinement or cultivation or taste, without manners

• uncouth

• fatalistic

• candid

• indignant

characterized by anger

• candid

• rankle

• fatalistic

• irascible

express or state clearly

• rankle

• enunciate

• rile

• assauge

brief and to the point

• formidable

• grudging

• malevolent

• terse

move in a wavy pattern, with a rising and falling motion

• undulate

• rankle

• furtive

• rile

disturb, especially with minor irritations

• contend

• mortify

• undulate

• rile