Acerbic
- Sour or bitter in taste
2. Harsh or sharp in speech, manner, or temper
Acrid
Bitterly pungent or harsh in taste or smell; sharply stinging
Exacerbate
To increase severity of something; to intensify irritation or violence
Acrimony
Bitter, sharp animosity, especially in behavior or speech
Acumen
Keenness of insight and discernment; sagacity
Acute
- Very discerning; quickly alert to impressions
2. Severe; intense
Peremptory
- Urgently commanding; officious or arrogantly dictatorial
2. Not allowing contradiction or further disagreement
Preempt
To take precedence over someone or something already arranged or in place; to seize priority
Redemption
- Deliverance from sin; atonement for guilt
2. Retrieval; reclamation; reformation
Technocracy
Government or social systems that put technological theories into practice
Plutocrat
A member of a governing wealthy class or a person whose wealth grants political influence
Pecuniary
Relating to money or necessary payment of it
Impecunious
Lacking money; penniless
Comportment
Behavior; demeanor; mode of bearing or movement
Purport
To claim; to profess (without gibing proof); to appear to be
