adherent
a follower of
to adhere to
to stick to
battery
an attack
plethora
an excessive amount
quandary
a dilemma
inertia
an unmoving state
inert
torpid
strident
unpleasantly harsh
scathing
harsh and burning
unscathed
unharmed
to excoriate
to berate severely
rancorous
full of animosity
rancor
animosity
acrimonious
lacking peace
flamboyant
boldly standing out
ostentatious
blatantly showing off
pretentious
pretending increased importance
pretension
assuming a false role
bombastic
pretentious in speech
turgid
swollen
pompous
arrogant
erudite
scholarly
secular
nonreligious
overt
obvious
fortuitous
happening by luck
apocryphal
false
savvy
full of know-how
sardonic
disdainful
to exonerate
to clear from blame