| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| internecine |
of or pertaining to conflict, discord, or struggle within a group. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| veneration |
a feeling of great respect; awe; reverence. |