| accolade |
an expression or mark of approval; honor; award. |
| autocracy |
rule by one person with absolute power; despotism. |
| cynicism |
an attitude of doubt or mistrust toward human nature and the possibility of good or selfless motives. |
| dint |
force or impact. |
| eloquence |
skill or ability to use language that impresses or persuades. |
| entail |
to call for or bring about as a necessary accompaniment; necessarily involve. |
| folio |
a large sheet of paper that has been folded once to form two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript. |
| hoodwink |
to trick, deceive, or dupe. |
| impetus |
something that urges or impels; a driving force. |
| meander |
to wind back and forth. |
| misdemeanor |
in law, a class of illegal act that is less serious than a felony and carries a lighter sentence; minor offense. |
| pervade |
to spread or be present everywhere in. |
| petulance |
the state or quality of being easily or unreasonably irritated, impatient, or ill tempered. |
| raconteur |
one who is talented in storytelling. |
| underrate |
to value or appreciate insufficiently; underestimate. |