| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| 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. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| unabashed |
not feeling or showing embarrassment, uneasiness, or shame. |