| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| aplomb |
great self-confidence, composure, or poise. |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| daunt |
to lessen the determination of; intimidate; discourage. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |