| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| ostentation |
a showy display to impress others. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |