petulant

adj

Impatient or irritable, especially over a petty annoyance

aesthetic

adj

Of beauty; sensitive to art and beauty; showing good taste

asperity

n

Harshness or sharpness of temper

brackish

adj

Somewhat salty as the water of some marshes near the sea; having an unpleasant taste; nauseating

chicanery

n

The use of clever but tricky talk or action to deceive

complicity

n

The fact or state of being an accomplice; partnership in wrongdoing

dilettante

n

A person who follows are art of science only for amusement an in a superficial way; a dabbler

specious

adj

Plausible but not genuine; seeming to be good, sound, or correct without really being so

stoic

adj

Showing austere indifference to joy, grief, pleasure etc.; calm and unflinching under suffering, bad fortune etc.

exacerbate

v

To exasperate; to make worse; to aggravate

insolent

adj

Boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior

glean

v

To collect or gather facts, information etc. gradually or bit by bit

histrionic

adj

Overacted or overacting; theatrical; artificial; affected

culpable

adj

Deserving blame; blameworthy

inane

adj

Lacking sense or meaning; foolish; silly

inexorable

adj

That cannot be moved or influence by persuasion or entreaty

incendiary

adj, n

Willfully stirring up strife, riot, rebellion etc.; a person who does so

ruminate

v

To turn something over in the mind; to meditate

itinerant

adj, n

Traveling from place to place; a person who does so

syllogism

n

Argument or form of reasoning in which two statements or premises are made and a logical conclusion drawn from them