| complaisance |
willingness to please. |
| composite |
made up of several parts. |
| detonate |
to explode or cause to explode. |
| humbug |
something without substance or meaning, such as an idea or argument; nonsense. |
| maul |
to hurt by beating or through other rough treatment. |
| mendacious |
untruthful. |
| ostentatious |
done or designed with the intention of impressing others and consequently overly showy or grandiose; pretentious. |
| pauper |
a very poor person who must live on public money. |
| rehabilitate |
to restore to good health or to an otherwise improved state of being. |
| seemly |
in accord with decency and propriety; suitable; fitting; decorous. |
| stoic |
showing little or no reaction to painful or pleasant experiences; unmoved; impassive. |
| synoptic |
forming a summary or overview. |
| tertiary |
third in order, rank, importance, degree, or the like. |
| undulate |
to move in waves or a wavelike motion. |
| utopia |
(often capitalized) an imagined or proposed place or society that is ideal, especially in its laws, ethics, and treatment of humanity. |