| affectation |
falseness or superficiality of appearance or behavior; pretense. |
| amicable |
characterized by good will; friendly. |
| contemptible |
deserving of scorn or moral disgust; disgraceful; dishonorable. |
| kindred |
a group of related people, such as a tribe or clan. |
| macabre |
of, pertaining to, depicting, or evoking death or the horrors of death; gruesome; ghastly. |
| obsequious |
showing or tending to show servile obedience or deference; fawning. |
| pessimism |
the belief that events will turn out badly; tendency to expect the worst. |
| proliferate |
to spread or increase quickly. |
| prologue |
an introduction to a spoken or written work such as a speech or play; preface. |
| rebuff |
to reject, repel, block, or set back. |
| sinewy |
of sinew, or sinewlike; strong; tough. |
| sojourn |
to live for a short time in a place; stay temporarily. |
| tangent |
a line of discussion leading away from the original topic; digression. |
| veer |
to change direction; turn quickly. |
| verisimilitude |
the appearance or semblance of truth or reality. |