| categorical |
with no exceptions or conditions; absolute. |
| decadence |
a decline into immorality; loss of moral values. |
| gauche |
deficient in manners or other conventions of social behavior; boorish; crude. |
| imminent |
about to happen or likely to happen soon. |
| insolence |
rude or impudent behavior or speech. |
| interlude |
a pause, space, or event that intervenes; interval. |
| macabre |
of, pertaining to, depicting, or evoking death or the horrors of death; gruesome; ghastly. |
| mote |
a fine particle of dust; speck. |
| pessimism |
the belief that events will turn out badly; tendency to expect the worst. |
| secretive |
tending to secrecy. |
| sophomoric |
displaying intellectual pretentiousness or proud confidence about one's knowledge when actually poorly informed or immature. |
| temerity |
reckless or foolish boldness; rash disregard of danger. |
| titular |
having a title but none of the power or responsibility related to it; nominal. |
| totality |
the state or quality of being total. |
| waif |
a child without a home or friends. |