This word means exactly what I think it means

[desperance]

Pungency: the smell of sesame oil in the morning.

All over the kitchen floor.

The boys say it's my fault; they say I shouldn't have left the bottle there. Of course it would get knocked over, and the lid would break, with all that that implies.

Yes, of course it was a full bottle.

I have done what I can, but it ... lingers.

I'm going out now. I may be some time.