| affectation |
falseness or superficiality of appearance or behavior; pretense. |
| cadaver |
a dead body, especially one used for medical research or instruction. |
| caricature |
a depiction, in a drawing or verbal description, that deliberately exaggerates or distorts some features of the person or thing represented to produce a comic or grotesque appearance. |
| delicacy |
something delightful or rare, especially food. |
| entourage |
a group of people who accompany another person as attendants or associates; retinue. |
| impasse |
a situation that allows no escape or solution; stalemate. |
| infidel |
one who does not believe in or accept a religious faith, especially that of Christianity or Islam. |
| interject |
to insert (a remark or comment) between words or remarks or in the middle of a conversation or discussion. |
| iterate |
to say or do again or repeatedly. |
| oratory1 |
the art of public speaking. |
| pollinate |
to move or carry pollen to a plant, causing the seeds to be fertilized. |
| semblance |
outward form; appearance. |
| socialite |
one who is prominent in fashionable social circles. |
| solstice |
either of the two times in the year when the sun is furthest from the celestial equator, occurring in June and December. |
| sycophant |
one that flatters and fawns over superiors in order to get favors or advance his or her position; toady. |