| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| ersatz |
serving as a substitute, especially when of inferior quality. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |