| affectation |
falseness or superficiality of appearance or behavior; pretense. |
| cynicism |
an attitude of doubt or mistrust toward human nature and the possibility of good or selfless motives. |
| epigram |
a short, pithy, often paradoxical sentence. |
| exigent |
requiring immediate attention; urgent or critical. |
| feign |
to pretend or fake; put on a false show of. |
| gregarious |
fond of socializing with others; sociable. |
| piquant |
of food, having a deliciously sharp or spicy taste. |
| platitude |
an overused, dull, or trivial remark; hackneyed expression; cliché. |
| readjust |
to adapt oneself anew. |
| redress |
compensation or reparation; amends. |
| sacrosanct |
so important or revered as to be beyond any alteration or criticism. |
| serendipity |
lucky coincidence or accidental discovery of something pleasant or valuable. |
| stoic |
showing little or no reaction to painful or pleasant experiences; unmoved; impassive. |
| unobservable |
not able to be seen; not detectable. |
| vouch |
to promise to be true, real, or correct (usually followed by "for"). |