| affectation |
falseness or superficiality of appearance or behavior; pretense. |
| befall |
to happen to. |
| beguile |
to deceive or cheat by using guile. |
| cede |
to give up or surrender, especially formally. |
| coda |
a passage that brings a musical composition to a conclusion. |
| diminutive |
very small; tiny. |
| flagrant |
exceptionally or glaringly noticeable. |
| mercenary |
interested only in money and material gain. |
| myriad |
of or constituting a great but unspecified number; numberless. |
| quibble |
an unimportant, petty, or trivial disagreement or objection. |
| reciprocity |
a mutual interchange of privileges or favors between two nations, groups, or institutions. |
| resilient |
able to withstand and recover quickly from difficulty, sickness, or the like. |
| ricochet |
to bounce or skip off a surface at an angle; rebound. |
| tenable |
able to be upheld, affirmed, supported, or defended; logical. |
| wily |
cleverly deceitful; tricky; cunning. |