| aplomb |
great self-confidence, composure, or poise. |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |