| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| paroxysm |
a sudden strong outburst of feelings or actions. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |