| beguile |
to deceive or cheat by using guile. |
| delude |
to cause to hold a false belief; mislead; deceive. |
| dispassionate |
without strong feeling or bias; calm; impartial. |
| gesticulation |
the act or an instance of using hand movements, as to add emphasis or expressiveness to speech. |
| jubilation |
a feeling of great joy, pride, and happiness; exultation. |
| literal |
in accordance with the ordinary, exact, or primary meaning of a word or words; not figurative or metaphorical. |
| myopic |
unable to see objects clearly from a distance; nearsighted. |
| parody |
a humorous imitation in print, music, or performance of a serious person, work of art, or publication. |
| pert |
impudent or saucy. |
| presentiment |
an intuition or sense of something about to happen; foreboding. |
| prodigious |
inspiring wonder and admiration; marvelous. |
| psyche |
the mental makeup of a person or group. |
| seedy |
unkempt or shabby. |
| surrogate |
acting as, or considered to be, a substitute or replacement. |
| unworldly |
lacking sophistication; naive; provincial. |