| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| extort |
to extract or obtain (money or the like) by force, threats, or abuse of authority. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| gambit |
a tactic or maneuver designed to gain an advantage, especially one that involves some sacrifice on one's part. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |