insidious
advancing in a gradual way to cause harm
gregarious
outgoing/social
augment
to increase
sojourn
a temporary stay (journey)
curmudgeon
a bad-tempered person
acquiesce
accept something reluctantly but without protest
lampoon
publicly ridicule
haughty
arrogantly superior
tenacious
not letting go of or giving up on something one holds dear
abstain
restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something
noxious
very harmful
bilk
cheat someone out of money
blashphemy
profane talk about holy or scared things
absolution
formal release from guilt or punishment
replete
well supplied with something
cantankerous
argumentative and uncooperative
deride
verbally rip apart
debacle
a disaster
ennui
dissatisfaction or exhaustion caused by boredom
temerity
excessive or foolish boldness