| alienate |
to cause to become unfriendly or averse; estrange. |
| aristocracy |
a class of people who have a high social position because of the family they are born into. Members of the aristocracy are usually richer and have more privileges than other members of society. |
| equanimity |
the quality of remaining calm, serene, or unruffled, especially under stress; composure. |
| fraudulent |
characterized by or based on the use of deceit or trickery. |
| hysteria |
in an individual or group, an uncontrollable outburst of fear or other emotions, producing fits of weeping, laughter, irrational behavior, or the like. |
| imperative |
very important; urgent. |
| insubstantial |
lacking firmness or solidity; slight. |
| obscene |
offensive and not decent. |
| ostracize |
to exclude or shun, by general agreement of the group imposing the exclusion. |
| regent |
one who governs in place of a disabled or underage ruler. |
| tangential |
barely connected to or touching a subject. |
| urbane |
refined in manner; polished; elegant. |
| venal |
capable of acting dishonestly or wrongly in return for money or the like; open to accepting bribes; corrupt. |
| verbose |
using or consisting of a large or excessively large number of words; wordy. |
| visceral |
stemming from instinct or intuition rather than the intellect. |