| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| ersatz |
serving as a substitute, especially when of inferior quality. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| obviate |
to prevent or eliminate in advance; render unnecessary or irrelevant. |
| ostentation |
a showy display to impress others. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| veneration |
a feeling of great respect; awe; reverence. |