| charlatan |
one who deceitfully claims to possess a particular skill or expertise; fraud; quack. |
| connoisseur |
a person with the experience, expertise, and sense of appreciation to make informed judgments in a fine art or in matters of taste. |
| divest |
to take rights or property away from; dispossess, especially by legal means. |
| embellishment |
a beautifying decoration or addition. |
| guile |
deceitfulness, treachery, or skillful cunning; wiliness. |
| menial |
lowly or degrading; servile. |
| neurotic |
suffering from needless fears and worries. |
| objectivity |
the quality of being unbiased or without prejudice. |
| peccadillo |
a minor sin or offense, or a slight fault. |
| quandary |
a situation of uncertainty, puzzlement, or hesitation; dilemma. |
| rabid |
extreme in opinion or action; fanatical. |
| rancor |
bitter, continuing resentment; hatred. |
| sporadic |
occurring irregularly or in a thinly scattered manner in time or space. |
| surmise |
to infer without certain knowledge; suppose; guess. |
| temperament |
the manner of thinking, feeling, and acting that is characteristic of a particular person or animal. |