| bedizen |
to dress or decorate in a flashy, garish fashion. |
| collusion |
action undertaken in secret partnership or collaboration, usually for illicit purposes. |
| conniption |
(informal) an outburst or fit of anger, hysteria, or the like. |
| estimable |
worthy of respect or admiration. |
| expeditious |
prompt and efficient. |
| ferment |
a state of upset or fast change. |
| gentry |
people who come from families of high social standing. |
| grandeur |
the quality of being majestic or splendid. |
| guile |
deceitfulness, treachery, or skillful cunning; wiliness. |
| itinerary |
a detailed plan of travel. |
| Lilliputian |
(often lower case) very tiny; extremely small. |
| refraction |
the bending of rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like when passed obliquely from one medium to another with a different rate of transmission. |
| subtlety |
the quality or condition of being difficult to detect or define. |
| valediction |
a farewell speech, especially one given by a student of the highest honors at a graduation ceremony. |
| vicissitude |
(usually plural) unexpected and unforeseeable changes or shifts, as in one's circumstances. |