| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| coir |
the fiber made from coconut husks, used for matting, rope, or the like. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| flange |
a collar or rim that projects from a pipe, housing, or the like to provide strength, stability, or a place for attaching other parts. |
| insouciant |
having no cares or anxieties; light-hearted; carefree. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |