affectation |
falseness or superficiality of appearance or behavior; pretense. |
amicable |
characterized by good will; friendly. |
bolster |
to give support with a cushion or pillow. |
constrain |
to keep within tight restrictions; confine. |
decadence |
a decline into immorality; loss of moral values. |
equivocate |
to express oneself ambiguously, often to avoid giving a direct answer or to deceive. |
inaccessible |
hard or impossible to reach, approach, or attain. |
incense2 |
to make very angry. |
interloper |
a person who intrudes in the affairs of others; meddler. |
observable |
able to be seen; visible. |
poseur |
one who adopts an affected attitude or manner in order to impress others. |
potable |
fit for drinking. |
predilection |
an inclination to favor something; partiality or preference. |
reconstitute |
to put together or form again. |
reticent |
reluctant to speak; not given to frequent speech; restrained; shy. |