| affinity |
a strong sense of liking; a natural attraction or sympathy. |
| bauble |
a showy or gaudy trinket or ornament of little value. |
| delectable |
extremely pleasing to the taste; delicious. |
| euphemism |
the word or expression so substituted. |
| excoriate |
to denounce or criticize severely. |
| inglorious |
bringing shame or disgrace; shameful; dishonorable. |
| maxim |
a brief, concise statement of a general or basic truth or rule, especially for proper conduct. |
| neutrality |
the foreign policy of a nation that refuses to take sides in an international dispute. |
| outstrip |
to exceed or surpass. |
| potency |
the condition of being strong in effect or powerful. |
| presumption |
a belief that is taken for granted but not proved. |
| repugnance |
strong dislike, distaste, or aversion. |
| stratify |
to assign categories or create divisions within (a society) according to a hierarchy of social or economic classes. |
| uncharted |
not recorded on any map; unexplored or unknown, as some geographical area or field of research. |
| workaday |
ordinary; mundane; everyday. |