Caustic  

Adjective | kAWs-tik

expressing severe criticism of someone, often in a funny or clever way

Mitigate  

Verb | mIt-igayt

to reduce the harmful effects of something

Divulge  

Verb | die-vUHlj

to give information about something, especially something that should be kept secret

Multitude  

Noun | mUl-ti-tyood

a large crowd of people

Uncanny  

Adjective | uhn-kAn-ee

strange and mysterious

Outlandish  

Adjective | out-lAn-dish

extremely strange and unusual

Sombre  

Adjective | sOm-buh

serious, or sad

Zeal  

Noun | zEEl

eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something