| beneficiary |
one who receives or is formally designated to receive money or property, as from a will or insurance policy. |
| bromide |
a bland or trite remark or idea. |
| clique |
a small, often aggressively exclusive group of friends or associates. |
| conniption |
(informal) an outburst or fit of anger, hysteria, or the like. |
| contemptible |
deserving of scorn or moral disgust; disgraceful; dishonorable. |
| coy |
artfully shy or retiring; playfully but calculatingly reticent. |
| elaboration |
the act or an instance of adding explanatory material or detail, or the material or detail so added. |
| ignoble |
of low or dishonorable character; contemptible. |
| mausoleum |
a large, elaborate tomb, or the structure that houses such a tomb. |
| monolithic |
large, unyielding, and without diversity. |
| Philistine |
(sometimes lower case) one who is ignorant of, smugly indifferent to, or hostile to aesthetic and cultural values. |
| proliferate |
to spread or increase quickly. |
| salient |
extremely noticeable or prominent; conspicuous; important. |
| veracity |
conformance to fact; accuracy; truth. |
| winsome |
attractive or charming. |