| amicable |
characterized by good will; friendly. |
| appease |
to cause to become calmer by meeting demands. |
| aver |
to assert to be true; affirm. |
| detriment |
harm, injury, or loss. |
| esoteric |
understood or known only by a few persons who have special training, access, or interests. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| interlude |
a pause, space, or event that intervenes; interval. |
| magnitude |
size or extent. |
| nonchalance |
cool confidence and unconcern; casual indifference. |
| obligatory |
required; compulsory. |
| paradox |
a statement that contradicts or seems to contradict itself, yet often expresses a truth, such as "Less is more". |
| shroud |
to screen or conceal. |
| stratify |
to assign categories or create divisions within (a society) according to a hierarchy of social or economic classes. |
| vibrant |
full of energy, life, or constant activity. |
| vociferous |
crying out, especially in protest; vocal; clamorous. |