| brusque |
impolitely abrupt in speech or actions; curt. |
| connotation |
a secondary meaning or implication of a word or expression, in addition to its primary meaning. |
| debit |
an amount of money taken out of or owed on an account, or the record of that amount. |
| fatuous |
smugly foolish or stupid. |
| imperturbable |
not easily excited or disturbed; calm. |
| incendiary |
causing or having the potential to cause a fire. |
| influx |
the act or an instance of flowing in. |
| invariable |
not subject to change; consistently the same. |
| jocose |
inclined to joke; jovial; merry. |
| oscillate |
to swing steadily and repeatedly back and forth. |
| recurrence |
an act or instance of happening or appearing again or repeatedly. |
| secrete |
to produce a fluid or other substance and release it into or out of the body. |
| tepid |
not quite warm; lukewarm. |
| vignette |
a brief written or musical sketch, or brief film scene, that describes or characterizes a person, incident, situation, or the like. |
| vivacity |
the characteristic or state of being vivacious; liveliness; sprightliness; animation. |