| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| cavalier |
carefree and offhand; nonchalant. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| lacuna |
a gap or omitted part. |
| perilous |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |