allay | relieve, calm |
bestial | beastlike, brutal |
convivial | sociable, festive |
coterie | exclusive circle of people with a common purpose |
counterpart | one that closely resembles another |
demur | object; oppose |
effrontery | shameless boldness; nerve |
embellish | add details to, exaggerate |
ephemeral | lasting a very short time, short-lived |
felicitous | having happiness or good luck; appropriate |
furtive | secretive, sneaky, done to escape notice |
garish | tastelessly showy; so colorful as to be in bad taste |
illusory | misleading; deceptive; causing illusion |
indigent | extremely poor |
inordinate | excessive; too much |
jettison | get rid of something unwanted; throw away |
misanthrope | people-hater |
pertinacious | unwilling to give up; stubborn |
picayune | of small value or importance; trivial |
raiment | clothing |