| alacrity |
willing promptness. |
| disconcert |
to upset the calm or self-assurance of; ruffle. |
| disparate |
essentially different and distinct. |
| egotist |
a conceited person; braggart. |
| entrench |
to establish firmly and unchangeably. |
| expatriate |
one who has gone into exile from or renounced allegiance to his or her native land. |
| hedonist |
one who believes that pleasure-seeking should be the primary goal of humans. |
| materialistic |
being more greatly concerned with things in the world that can be acquired than with spiritual matters or values. |
| mortify |
to subject (someone) to extreme embarrassment, shame, or humiliation. |
| necessitate |
to make unavoidable; require. |
| prevaricate |
to lie, mislead, or conceal the truth deliberately. |
| sagacity |
the quality of having keen judgment and common sense; wisdom. |
| solicitous |
anxiously or tenderly concerned or attentive (usually followed by about, of, or for.) |
| sultry |
uncomfortably hot and humid. |
| tome |
a large thick book, often one of a multivolume scholarly work. |