| amenity |
(plural) social courtesies; agreeable manners; pleasantries. |
| apparition |
a ghostly image; phantom; specter. |
| despot |
a ruler who has complete power and authority. |
| garish |
marked by excessive or tasteless color or decoration; gaudy; flashy. |
| harangue |
a long, vehement, and often pompous speech or piece of writing, especially such a speech delivered in public; tirade. |
| inexorable |
not subject to change by any force or influence; unyielding or unrelenting. |
| novice |
a person with little or no experience at a particular job or activity. |
| pellucid |
extremely clear in meaning. |
| pronouncement |
a formal or official declaration. |
| propitious |
offering favorable circumstances or conditions; opportune; promising. |
| raconteur |
one who is talented in storytelling. |
| resolute |
having or showing firmness, determination, or resolve. |
| roster |
a list of names of individuals or groups belonging to or participating in an organization, class, military or police unit, or the like. |
| senile |
showing certain characteristics of old age, especially a deterioration of mental faculties or emotional control. |
| tenet |
any belief, opinion, doctrine, or the like, that a person or especially an organization holds as being true. |