| aplomb |
great self-confidence, composure, or poise. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |