| advantageous |
giving a benefit or advantage; helpful; useful. |
| audacity |
courage or boldness often combined with daring or recklessness. |
| commentary |
a series of explanatory or interpretive remarks or comments. |
| contagion |
the spreading of a disease by contact or close association. |
| decorum |
properness of behavior, manner, appearance, or the like; dignity; propriety. |
| dissociate |
to sever a mental connection between; separate. |
| engross |
to take all the attention of; interest fully. |
| esoteric |
understood or known only by a few persons who have special training, access, or interests. |
| iconoclastic |
attacking or breaking away from established traditions, beliefs, or values. |
| insular |
closed to new ideas; narrow-minded. |
| multifarious |
of or having a great variety of parts, forms, or kinds; many and varied. |
| ruminate |
to think at length; meditate. |
| supercilious |
showing an arrogant disregard, as a look, manner, or person. |
| taint |
to slightly corrupt or pollute. |
| verve |
energetic enthusiasm; liveliness. |