| asinine |
silly or willfully stupid. |
| chagrin |
embarrassment or humiliation arising from disappointment or failure. |
| complaisance |
willingness to please. |
| convivial |
enjoying feasting, drinking, and socializing; sociable. |
| dalliance |
a wasting away of time; loitering; dawdling. |
| egoism |
the tendency to evaluate everything in relation to one's own interests; self-centeredness. |
| energize |
to inspire, make active, or enliven. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| infamy |
evil or shameful reputation. |
| innate |
belonging to or existing in someone or some organism from the time of birth; inborn. |
| marauder |
one who raids or invades in order to plunder. |
| postulate |
to assert as something true, especially as a basis for reasoning. |
| rigorous |
showing strictness or sternness. |
| servitude |
bondage or slavery. |
| surmount |
to get over or past; overcome; conquer. |