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- ersatz
- substitute, artifical and usually inferior, synthetic
- callow
- immature; lacking adult perception, experience, or judgment
- sanctimonious
- excessively or hypocritically pious
- verisimilitude
- appearance of truth; likelihood
- mendicant
- a beggar, one of an order of friars required to live on alms alone
- inculcate
- teach or impress by repetition or admonition, to plant an idea
- peripatetic
- moving from place to place; constantly walking
- aegis
- protection, support, sponsorship, guidance
- censorious
- severely critical; faultfinding; carping, expressing censure
- spurious
- not genuine; false, counterfeit;
- lugubrious
- exaggeratedly or ludicrously mournful, dismal, or gloomy
- protean
- readily assuming different forms; variable; changeable
- pellucid
- translucent, as glass or water; clear in meaning, expression, or style
- avoirdupois (av-er-duh-poize)
- excess bodily weight
- snaffle
- get hold of or seize quickly and easily
- eidetic
- of visual imagery or memory with photographic accuracy
- abstemious
- sparing in eating and drinking; temperate; abstinent
- scurrilous
- obscene; indecent; vulgar; given to using coarse language
- discursive
- digressive; rambling; using reasoning not intuition
- prevail
- prove superior; to triumph; to hold sway (in an area)
- porphyry
- a kind of rock with large-grained crystals, prized in Imperial Roman buildings
- specious
- plausible, but false; misleading, often intentionally
- factitious (fak-TISH-uhs)
- produced artificially; not authentic or genuine; sham
- scatty
- lost in thought; preoccupied, lacking sense or discretion
- scrupulous
- very thorough or principled; doing what is right and ethical
- nacreous
- of, relating to, or resembling mother-of-pearl (a.k.a. nacre); iridescent
- harridan
- a scolding, vicious woman; worn-out strumpet; a vixen; a hag
- fait accompli
- thing already done; accomplished fact, irreversible deed
- morass
- a wet swampy bog; figuratively, something that traps and confuses
- extempore (ex-tem-por-ay)
- without premeditation or preparation; on the spur of the moment
- recidivism
- relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior
- deplore
- to regret deeply; to disapprove of; feel or express deep grief for
- endemic
- natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native
- dishabille
- carelessly, partially dressed; intentionally careless manner; casual lounging attire
- visceral
- obtained through intuition rather than reasoning; gut-instinct
- bilious
- irritable, as if having indigestion; , ill-tempered; very unpleasant
- zeitgeist
- spirit of the times; the attitudes or viewpoint of a specific period
- nolens volens
- whether willing or unwilling; inevitable
- escarpment
- a vertical, artificial fortification; a steep cliff-face between plateaus
- bellwether
- person or thing that indicates and leads by example a current trend
- licentious
- lacking moral discipline; wanton
- indigent
- poor; in need of help from other people
- avatar
- the embodiment or personification of a principle, attitude, belief, or way of life
- collude (collusion)
- act in unison and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose (noun: a secret, illicit agreement)
- soporific
- sleep-inducing; something that causes sleep, as of a drug
- unctuous
- affected, exaggerated, insincere earnestness; unpleasantly suave or ingratiating
- canorous
- richly melodious; pleasant sounding; musical
- insouciance (insouciant)
- blithe lack of concern; indifference, nonchalance
- limpid
- clear, transparent; free from obscurity; lucid; calm; without worry
- venal
- able to be purchased, as by a bribe; of or related to bribery
- mordant
- harshly ironic or sinister; biting; caustic; sarcastic
- laconic
- expressing much in few words; terse, concise
- abrogation
- abolition or repeal by authority, as a privilege; cancellation
- quietus
- final acquittance, as from debt; silencing; rest, death
- panache
- distinctive and stylish elegance; flair, act with admirable ease