| bravado |
a false, exaggerated, or boastful display of courage. |
| contiguous |
in contact; touching; adjoining. |
| cordon |
a chain of guards or military stations forming a defense or containment line around an area. |
| disseminate |
to spread widely, as though scattering seed. |
| ebullient |
highly enthusiastic, happily excited, or spirited. |
| felicity |
an instance or condition of great happiness; bliss. |
| mentor |
someone who plays an important role in another person's life as a guide and teacher. |
| nuance |
a subtle quality or difference in tone, meaning, color, or the like; shade. |
| overture |
an opening move to begin something. |
| patronage |
the financial or other support given to a business establishment by its customers or clients. |
| reiterate |
to say again. |
| suture |
the act or process of surgically joining or sewing together the edges of a wound, incision, or the like. |
| turpitude |
moral baseness; depravity. |
| typify |
to be the representative example of. |
| unexceptionable |
without flaw or fault; beyond objection or criticism. |