| charlatan |
one who deceitfully claims to possess a particular skill or expertise; fraud; quack. |
| counterpoint |
a method of composing or arranging music in which diverse but harmonious melodies are played at the same time. |
| ire |
anger or wrath. |
| languish |
to lose strength or energy; weaken. |
| magnitude |
size or extent. |
| perspicacity |
keenness of mental perception or grasp; astuteness. |
| prescience |
knowledge of future occurrences; foreknowledge. |
| quell |
to overpower or suppress with force; put down; quash. |
| revere |
to respect or admire greatly. |
| seclude |
to keep apart from other people or activity. |
| surreptitious |
made, performed, or achieved by stealth or in secret. |
| sycophant |
one that flatters and fawns over superiors in order to get favors or advance his or her position; toady. |
| tepid |
not quite warm; lukewarm. |
| voracious |
consuming large quantities of food with greed or great desire; ravenous. |
| wily |
cleverly deceitful; tricky; cunning. |