| abridgment |
the process or an instance of making shorter or condensing. |
| affectation |
falseness or superficiality of appearance or behavior; pretense. |
| aver |
to assert to be true; affirm. |
| compassion |
a feeling of sharing another's suffering that leads to a desire to help. |
| discrepancy |
lack of agreement; difference; inconsistency. |
| inscrutable |
impossible to comprehend or interpret; mysterious. |
| lethargy |
a state of having very low energy with drowsiness and apathy; lassitude. |
| lionize |
to view or treat (someone) as a celebrity or extraordinary person. |
| manipulate |
to handle or operate skillfully with the hands. |
| nonchalance |
cool confidence and unconcern; casual indifference. |
| opulence |
the condition of being luxuriant and costly. |
| pundit |
an authoritative, or purportedly authoritative, commentator or critic. |
| subvert |
to overthrow or destroy, or cause the destruction of (an established authority, especially a national government). |
| unworldly |
lacking sophistication; naive; provincial. |
| vie |
to compete with another for victory, superiority, or the like (usually followed by "for"). |