| discourse |
verbal communication; conversation. |
| dissonant |
not in harmony or agreement; discordant. |
| impoverish |
to make poor; cause to live in poverty. |
| neurotic |
suffering from needless fears and worries. |
| nonchalant |
not showing excitement or anxiety; coolly confident, unflustered, or unworried;casually indifferent. |
| noncommittal |
not revealing what one's preference, feeling, or opinion is. |
| offhand |
done without thinking or preparing ahead of time. |
| pejorative |
acting or tending to create a negative impression; disparaging; demeaning. |
| profess |
to claim or state as true. |
| proletarian |
of, pertaining or belong to, or characteristic of the working class, especially laborers who lack capital. |
| restive |
unable to remain at rest; impatient or ill at ease, especially under restraint. |
| sultry |
uncomfortably hot and humid. |
| superficial |
of, pertaining to, or located on the surface. |
| underscore |
to emphasize by, or as if by, drawing a line beneath. |
| vigil |
a watch or period of surveillance, especially one kept during normal sleeping hours. |