| alacrity |
willing promptness. |
| colloquial |
characteristic of or suited to informal or familiar conversation or to writing that is imitative of conversational tone. |
| connote |
to suggest or imply (meanings or associations) in addition to the literal meaning. |
| enigmatic |
puzzling, mysterious, or inexplicable. |
| exodus |
the leaving of large numbers of people. |
| frugality |
prudent or sparing use of resources, especially money. |
| gainsay |
to deny or contradict. |
| hegemony |
predominance of one country or social group over others by virtue of leadership or influence. |
| hysteria |
in an individual or group, an uncontrollable outburst of fear or other emotions, producing fits of weeping, laughter, irrational behavior, or the like. |
| overweening |
particularly forward, vain, and self-promoting. |
| personable |
pleasing in appearance or manner; friendly; attractive. |
| preventable |
having the possibility of being prevented; capable of being stopped or kept from happening. |
| putrid |
of, concerning, or exhibiting rot or decomposition. |
| satire |
a literary or dramatic work that ridicules or derides human vice or foolishness, usually through the use of parody or irony. |
| zenith |
the highest point; peak. |