| affectation |
falseness or superficiality of appearance or behavior; pretense. |
| commodity |
something that can be bought and sold. |
| commune2 |
a group of people living together as a community, working collectively on land owned in common or by a government. |
| iconoclast |
one who attacks and seeks to break down traditional beliefs and institutions or popular ideas and values. |
| inelegant |
without taste, grace, or refinement. |
| invariable |
not subject to change; consistently the same. |
| lummox |
(informal) someone who is especially clumsy, slow, and unintelligent. |
| magnate |
someone of exceptional power, wealth, or influence, especially in business. |
| natty |
(informal) neat, well-groomed, and smartly dressed; dapper. |
| plausible |
seeming to be true or reasonable; credible. |
| revivalist |
suited to or aimed at the purpose of bringing back former beliefs, ideas, or practices. |
| rudimentary |
of or pertaining to the basic or first principles; elementary. |
| sentient |
having the capacity to receive sensations; able to perceive. |
| stricture |
that which restricts or constrains. |
| tensile |
of or relating to tension. |