| affectation |
falseness or superficiality of appearance or behavior; pretense. |
| ambivalence |
the presence of conflicting feelings, such as love and hate, toward a person, thing, or situation. |
| archives |
the body of records or information pertaining to an institution, organization, or historical figure. |
| ascendant |
moving upward; rising. |
| brevity |
shortness of duration. |
| cogent |
convincing, or compelling by virtue of a strong argument or clear presentation. |
| conjecture |
the making of a guess or inference, especially with little evidence. |
| duplicitous |
deceitful, treacherous, or double-dealing. |
| philanthropy |
collective efforts made to do good for others, especially in the form of making monetary donations or engaging in charitable works. |
| slacken |
to decrease activity, strength, speed, intensity, or the like. |
| subsidiary |
assisting or supplementing. |
| throwback |
a reappearance of an outmoded procedure, system, or the like. |
| timorous |
showing or marked by fear; fearful; timid. |
| transitory |
lasting for only a short time; brief. |
| typify |
to be the representative example of. |