| bravado |
a false, exaggerated, or boastful display of courage. |
| culminate |
to arrive at a climax or conclusion (usually followed by "in"). |
| decorous |
proper or formal with respect to behavior, manners, appearance, or the like. |
| equilibrium |
a state of balance between two or more forces. |
| expurgate |
to remove from a book or the like material considered to be offensive or erroneous prior to publication. |
| heretic |
a person who maintains unorthodox religious opinions or beliefs, especially a baptized Roman Catholic who dissents from official church doctrine. |
| impending |
about to occur or appear. |
| inaccessible |
hard or impossible to reach, approach, or attain. |
| misrepresent |
to identify or describe in a misleading way. |
| perspicacity |
keenness of mental perception or grasp; astuteness. |
| postulate |
to assert as something true, especially as a basis for reasoning. |
| recluse |
a person who lives in voluntary isolation from others. |
| sequel |
what follows afterwards, such as the next event in a series, especially as it arises from previous events. |
| turpitude |
moral baseness; depravity. |
| uninitiated |
combined form of initiated. |