proselyte
amateur
tyro
beginner
burgeoning
beginning to grow
incipient
beginning stage
nascent
the beginning
engender
start or give rise to
tendentious
not imparitial
incisive
intelligent
caustic
bitter
quotidian
mundane
carousal
noisy lively and drinking plentifully
aspersion
to criticize
lambaste
criticize sharply
bereave
death of a loved one
moribund
at the point of death
aberrant
dissimilar
eccentric
strange
chagrin
embarrassment and humiliation
foible
weakness of character
rue
to bitterly regret