current words

curt

rudely brief

gall

bold and impudent behavior

acquiesce

to accept something reluctantly, but without protest

buffet

to strike repeatedly and violently

incarnate

embodied in flesh, in human form

divine

to discover by guess or intuition; to have supernatural or magic insight into(future events)

ameliorate

to make(something bad or unsatisfactory) better

elucidate

to make(something) clear; to explain

garish

obtrusively bright and showy

brusque

blunt in manner of speech often to a point of ungracious harshness

reparation

making amends for a wrong one has done

equanimity

mental calmness, composure, and events of temper, especially in a difficult situation

commiserate

to express or feel sympathy or pity

capricious

given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior