| affectation |
falseness or superficiality of appearance or behavior; pretense. |
| captious |
inclined to petty criticism; faultfinding. |
| climactic |
pertaining to, reaching, or being the point of highest interest or intensity in a series of increasingly important points or events. |
| habituate |
to make accustomed to. |
| inferiority |
the fact or condition of being lesser in quality, worth, importance, rank, or position. |
| irreverent |
not having or showing respect. |
| kinetic |
of, concerning, or caused by motion. |
| knave |
an unscrupulous person; evildoer. |
| paraphrase |
a restatement of a passage or text in somewhat different words so as to simplify, clarify, or amplify. |
| portal |
a doorway or entrance, especially a large and imposing one. |
| propitious |
offering favorable circumstances or conditions; opportune; promising. |
| rejuvenate |
to restore the vigor, health, or appearance of youth to. |
| simultaneous |
existing, happening, or done at the same time. |
| specious |
apparently true, genuine, or plausible, but actually worthless, as an argument or evidence. |
| statute |
a law made by a legislature, as opposed to one established by the courts. |