| ascendant |
moving upward; rising. |
| farce |
anything improbable, absurd, or empty of meaning; mockery; sham. |
| fatalism |
a belief or doctrine that the events of life are predetermined and cannot be altered by human free will. |
| fluency |
the ability to speak or write smoothly and easily in another language. |
| guile |
deceitfulness, treachery, or skillful cunning; wiliness. |
| impassioned |
full of strong emotion. |
| impetus |
something that urges or impels; a driving force. |
| insurrection |
an act or instance of open rebellion against a government or other authority; uprising. |
| intractable |
not easily controlled, managed, or persuaded. |
| laxity |
the state or quality of being careless or slack; looseness. |
| meditative |
disposed to, marked by, or indicating contemplation or reflection; deeply thoughtful. |
| muse |
to think about something silently or for a long time. |
| natty |
(informal) neat, well-groomed, and smartly dressed; dapper. |
| reformatory |
a corrective institution for disciplining and re-educating young offenders. |
| tenable |
able to be upheld, affirmed, supported, or defended; logical. |