| accolade |
an expression or mark of approval; honor; award. |
| amalgamation |
the act, process, or result of combining two or more, often disparate, things. |
| audacity |
courage or boldness often combined with daring or recklessness. |
| auditory |
having to do with or referring to hearing or the sense of hearing. |
| befall |
to happen to. |
| evanescent |
tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing; fleeting. |
| hiatus |
a gap or break in activity, time, or space; interruption. |
| idealism |
the pursuit of or belief in noble ideals, principles, and values. |
| incipient |
starting to exist or become apparent; in an early stage of development. |
| nominal |
in name alone. |
| ostentatious |
done or designed with the intention of impressing others and consequently overly showy or grandiose; pretentious. |
| reprimand |
a strong, usually formal statement of disapproval; rebuke. |
| skimp |
to be stingy or very sparing. |
| speculative |
of, pertaining to, or based on conjecture or theorizing. |
| vehement |
intensely emotional; impassioned; heated. |