| Histrionics | melodramatic behavior to attract attention |
| Prevarication | someone who lies |
| Martinet | strict disciplinarian |
| Tapestry | intricate or complex |
| Populace | people living in an area, town etc. |
| Dissembler | conceals his true opinions, not true to what he feels |
| Dissimilitude | dissimilar |
| Churlish | rude |
| Hackneyed | trite (lacks originality) |
| Cosmopolitan | many people from different countries |
| Polyglot | speaks or knows a lot of languages |
| Labyrinthine | irregular or confusing |
| Terese | abrupt |
| Pithy | expressing an idea in few words |
| Aphorism | a pithy observation that contains a general truth ( a short saying) |
| Ignominy | public shame or disgrace |
| Forsake | to leave |
| Garbled | not clear; very difficult to understand |
| Haltingly | in a nervous way, stopping often while you are saying or doing something |
| Ceaseless | without stopping, no end |
| Cogently | in a way that is clearly expressed and is likely to persuade people |
| Bucolic | relating to countryside |
| Menace | something that is likely to cause harm |
| Palpable | so obvious that it can easily be seen or known |
| Coax | to persuade someone |
| Adroitly | skillful |
| Underbelly | weakest or unpleasant part of something |
| Roiling | to move quickly in a twisting circular movement |
| Subsume | to include someone |
| Postering | to make people believe something that is not true |
| Munificent | very generous with money |
| Tepid | not very warm |
| Substantial | large in size, value |
| Reverential | full of respect and admiration |
| Persistent | lasting for a long time |
| Tantamount | being almost the same or having the same effect |
| Heresay | an opinion that is opposite of or against the official or popular opinion (not
following tradition in a strong way that you get punished for it) |
| Eccentric | Strange or unusual (behaving differently than what is expected) |
| Reversion | change back to a previous condition |
| Vanquished | to defeat an enemy in a war |
| Lionized | Give a lot of public attention, treat as a celebrity |
| Ostracized | to avoid someone intentionally or to prevent someone from taking part in the activities of a group |
| Deride | to laugh at someone or something in a way that shows you think they are stupid or of no value |
| Hindsight | the ability to understand a situation only after it has happened. |
| Pauper | a very poor person |
| Curmudgeon | an old person who is often in a bad mood (grumpy). |
| Steadfast | not changing quickly |
| Roundabout | not direct |
| Unseemly | not proper or appropriate |
| Brusque | rude |
| Perfunctory | done quickly, without taking care or interest |
| Pointed | intending criticism |
| Polemical | strongly attacking or defending a particular opinion |
| Enumerate | to list out things |
| Ineptitude | the fact of not being skilled or effective |
| Contingent upon | dependent on something else |
| Peripheral | not central or of main importance |
| Coterminous | joining or connecting |
| Spate | an unusually large number of events that happen suddenly and at about the same time. |
| Unprecedented | never happened in the past |
