| ambivalence |
the presence of conflicting feelings, such as love and hate, toward a person, thing, or situation. |
| charlatan |
one who deceitfully claims to possess a particular skill or expertise; fraud; quack. |
| cohort |
(often derogatory) a friend or associate. |
| folio |
a large sheet of paper that has been folded once to form two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript. |
| humbug |
something without substance or meaning, such as an idea or argument; nonsense. |
| liberality |
an attitude of tolerance and respect for individual differences. |
| opalescent |
exhibiting a spectrum of colors or changing colors; iridescent. |
| pique |
to cause (a feeling or action) to be aroused or incited. |
| precept |
a basic rule, principle, or directive that guides action, moral conduct, or thought. |
| presumptuous |
excessively bold or forward. |
| recount |
to tell a history of events; relate; narrate. |
| saturate |
to fill or soak completely. |
| transmute |
to change into another form, substance, state, or the like. |
| trite |
ineffective or stale because of frequent repetition; commonplace; hackneyed. |
| unimpressive |
lacking notable qualities; unremarkable; not impressive. |