| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |