| adept |
having great skill or ability. |
| conniption |
(informal) an outburst or fit of anger, hysteria, or the like. |
| exemplar |
one worthy to be imitated or studied; model. |
| impassioned |
full of strong emotion. |
| implode |
to violently collapse or compress inward. |
| indubitable |
without question; certain. |
| intimacy |
the condition of being close in friendship or otherwise intimate. |
| magnanimous |
having or showing a generous, forgiving, or noble nature. |
| martinet |
a person who enforces very strict discipline, especially in the military. |
| misdemeanor |
in law, a class of illegal act that is less serious than a felony and carries a lighter sentence; minor offense. |
| nonentity |
someone or something that is insignificant, dull, undistinguished, or unimportant, especially a person. |
| prescriptive |
that prescribes; setting down rules. |
| repertoire |
the stock or list of artistic pieces, such as dramatic or operatic roles, that a player or company of players is prepared to perform. |
| seamy |
disreputable; sordid. |
| stasis |
the state of equilibrium or balance between opposing forces; motionlessness. |