| amenity |
(plural) social courtesies; agreeable manners; pleasantries. |
| avocation |
a secondary occupation, usually one pursued for recreation; hobby. |
| clout |
(informal) influence or power to persuade. |
| cupidity |
exceptional desire for money or other material possessions; greed. |
| dexterity |
grace and easy quickness in using the hands or body; skill. |
| elongate |
to make longer; lengthen. |
| ferment |
a state of upset or fast change. |
| flagrant |
exceptionally or glaringly noticeable. |
| interpose |
to insert (a comment, question, criticism, or the like) in the course of a conversation or speech. |
| laxity |
the state or quality of being careless or slack; looseness. |
| nepotism |
favoritism shown to a near relative, as in preferential hiring or patronage. |
| nondescript |
having no individual distinctiveness; lacking in notable features. |
| plight1 |
a state or situation, especially an unhappy or unlucky one; predicament. |
| proletarian |
of, pertaining or belong to, or characteristic of the working class, especially laborers who lack capital. |
| tumult |
the noise and commotion of a large crowd; uproar. |