| aplomb |
great self-confidence, composure, or poise. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| laconic |
using very few words; succinct; terse. |
| obtrude |
to thrust or force (oneself, one's concerns, or one's opinions) on another or others without being asked. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |