WW 10-1

1. Sharpness or harshness of manner.

2. Roughness of surface; unevenness.

• asperity

• extrovert

• penchant

• rambunctious

A person or thing that destroys or causes harm.

• asperity

• hierarchy

• bane

• doleful

A person who often makes attempts to be funny; a clown; a fool.

• bane

• buffoon

• rudiment

• undermine

Mournful or full of sorrow; causing grief.

• penchant

• doleful

• bane

• rambunctious

A person whose attention is focused on others and on what is going on around her or him, rather than on her or his own feelings

• buffoon

• doleful

• bane

• extrovert

Excessively bright and flashy; tastelessly glaring.

• imbue

• garish

• instigate

• penchant

A group or system in which positions of power are ranked, usually from lowest to highest.

• imbue

• unremitting

• hierarchy

• repertoire

To fill completely with a feeling or idea; to inspire.

• imbue

• hierarchy

• unremitting

• rudiment

To stir up or urge on; to provoke

• bane

• instigate

• buffoon

• extrovert

A strong attraction or leaning.

• doleful

• unremitting

• imbue

• penchant