| affectation |
falseness or superficiality of appearance or behavior; pretense. |
| altercation |
a loud or angry argument or quarrel. |
| appease |
to cause to become calmer by meeting demands. |
| dissimilar |
not alike; different. |
| economize |
to spend less money; lower expenses; be economical. |
| egregious |
remarkably bad; flagrant; glaring. |
| expeditious |
prompt and efficient. |
| fledgling |
a young bird that has just grown flight feathers or learned to fly. |
| laity |
the body of members of a religious group who are not part of the clergy. |
| offhand |
done without thinking or preparing ahead of time. |
| plausible |
seeming to be true or reasonable; credible. |
| populace |
the people who live in a particular place. |
| prosaic |
straightforward and plain; unimaginative; dull. |
| psyche |
the mental makeup of a person or group. |
| striate |
to mark with stripes or furrows. |