| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| disaffection |
an absence or loss of good will, faith, or loyalty, especially toward a government, principle, or the like. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| gambit |
a tactic or maneuver designed to gain an advantage, especially one that involves some sacrifice on one's part. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |