| audacity |
courage or boldness often combined with daring or recklessness. |
| befall |
to happen to. |
| categorical |
with no exceptions or conditions; absolute. |
| censure |
to criticize or condemn. |
| equanimity |
the quality of remaining calm, serene, or unruffled, especially under stress; composure. |
| exhort |
to advise, urge, or incite with great seriousness. |
| fresco |
the art of painting on wet plaster with colors dissolved in water or limewater, or a picture produced by this method. |
| ignominious |
characterized by or associated with disgrace, dishonor, or shame; humiliating. |
| insular |
closed to new ideas; narrow-minded. |
| jurisdiction |
the right or authority to interpret and administer the law. |
| monotone |
speech with little or no change in tone. |
| pauper |
a very poor person who must live on public money. |
| petulance |
the state or quality of being easily or unreasonably irritated, impatient, or ill tempered. |
| plight1 |
a state or situation, especially an unhappy or unlucky one; predicament. |
| terse |
effectively brief and to the point; concise; pithy. |