| affectation |
falseness or superficiality of appearance or behavior; pretense. |
| atheist |
a person who believes that there is no god or gods. |
| cataract |
a large waterfall. |
| eddy |
to move or turn in circles or eddies. |
| ensue |
to occur as the result of an earlier event. |
| felicity |
an instance or condition of great happiness; bliss. |
| impending |
about to occur or appear. |
| imperative |
very important; urgent. |
| pessimism |
the belief that events will turn out badly; tendency to expect the worst. |
| quip |
a short, humorous, clever, and often sarcastic utterance. |
| scanty |
barely adequate; meager. |
| scavenger |
an animal that finds and eats dead animals or rotting plants; a person who finds things that others no longer want. |
| synoptic |
forming a summary or overview. |
| tussle |
to fight or struggle roughly or energetically; scuffle. |
| wayward |
difficult to control; willfully disobedient. |