| brevity |
shortness of duration. |
| brusque |
impolitely abrupt in speech or actions; curt. |
| circumscribe |
to keep within bounds; confine; restrict. |
| cosmopolitan |
of, drawn from, or common to all the world or all the peoples of the world. |
| delude |
to cause to hold a false belief; mislead; deceive. |
| discreet |
reserved and judicious, especially in talking about or otherwise revealing confidential matters; circumspect. |
| equable |
not varying extremely or suddenly; uniform; stable. |
| gratuitous |
given or done without sufficient reason or justification; unwarranted. |
| irreparable |
impossible to repair, restore, or rectify. |
| jargon |
special words or language used by a particular group or to describe a particular interest. |
| pallid |
pale or whitened; lacking color. |
| pallor |
unnatural lack of color, especially of the face. |
| populace |
the people who live in a particular place. |
| remunerative |
providing or likely to provide payment or reward; profitable. |
| rescind |
to take back or make invalid; revoke. |