adulation |
extreme or excessive praise. |
agility |
the ability to move or think easily and quickly. |
alacrity |
willing promptness. |
bombast |
boastful, pompous, or otherwise overblown utterances. |
brusque |
impolitely abrupt in speech or actions; curt. |
egregious |
remarkably bad; flagrant; glaring. |
encroachment |
the act of exceeding proper or intended limits, as of territory or property. |
frugality |
prudent or sparing use of resources, especially money. |
jurisdiction |
the right or authority to interpret and administer the law. |
obsequious |
showing or tending to show servile obedience or deference; fawning. |
rebate |
a part of a payment that is returned. |
reformatory |
a corrective institution for disciplining and re-educating young offenders. |
titanic |
having enormous size, strength, or power; colossal; huge. |
totality |
the state or quality of being total. |
truism |
a self-evident statement; platitude. |